So here’s something to talk about..

Here’s what Australia’s national men’s soccer team, The Soceroos, got paid in match fees in the games leading up to their latest epic win:

$7,500.

Here’s what Australia’s national women’s soccer team, The Westfield Matildas, get paid in match fees for games leading up to their epic game on Monday (which evidentl  placed them in the FIFA women’s world cup quarter-finals:

$500.

That means men got paid 15 times more in match fees than women. FIFTEEN TIMES MORE — even though the Matildas have been described as “one of the most dangerous teams at the World Cup”.

The Socceroos got paid 15 times more in match fees than The Matildas. And that’s not OK.

As if that gender pay gap weren’t wide enough, if The Matildas make it to the World Cup final, they’ll earn a total $5600 in match fees, while the Socceroos  had the chance to earn $69,000 for an equivalent game during last year’s World Cup, The New Daily reports.

That’s more than a twelve fold increase in match fees, just because one group have vaginas.

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That right there is some bullsh*t.

And that, my friends, is why we need to keep making noise about pay equality and the value of women’s sport.

Some sportswomen to watch:

Female Aussie sportswomen to watch.

Leisel Jones.

Elizabeth Cambage.

Stephanie Gilmore.

Torah Bright.

Edwina Tops.

Catherine Cox.

Anna Meares.

Cathy Freeman.

Sam Stosur.

Madonna Blyth.

For more on the Women’s World Cup: It’s the biggest event in the world right now – and you haven’t heard about it.

If you missed the Matildas’ win over Brazil on Monday, you can watch it here: