Patricia Arquette defends gender equality Oscar speech on Twitter

Patricia Arquette, who spoke up for gender equality during her Oscar speech, has continued her stand on Twitter saying that she doesn't care if people are pissed.

The Boyhood star, who demanded equal pay for women in her acceptance speech, said that the truth was that wage inequality adversely affected women, E! Online reported. The 46-year-old actress said in one of her tweets that this is a call to action as women were being discriminated and it was having serious consequences on them and their children.

This is a call to action. Women are being discriminated and it is having serious consequences on them and their children.

— Patricia Arquette (@PattyArquette) February 24, 2015

Another tweet stated that when people said that equal pay will devastate the economy they were so far off the mark and the money women make will go back into this economy.

.When people say that #Equalpay will devastate the economy they are so far off the mark.The money women make will go back into this economy.

— Patricia Arquette (@PattyArquette) February 24, 2015

The American actress added that according to her they need federal laws that were comprehensive as in different states, they have altogether thrown out the Fairness Voting Act.

Don't talk to me about privilege. As a kid I lived well below the poverty line. No matter where I am I won't forget women's struggle.

— Patricia Arquette (@PattyArquette) February 24, 2015

I was a working single mom at 20. I know how hard it is to pay for diapers and food .Explain why women should be paid less?

— Patricia Arquette (@PattyArquette) February 24, 2015