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A café in Melbourne, Australia, is giving its male customers a side of gender equity with their lattes.
At Handsome Her, men are asked to pay an 18% premium to "reflect the gender pay gap." Men earn an average 17.7% more than women for full-time work in Australia, a government report found. The difference is roughly the same in the United States.
The café, which opened its doors for the first time Thursday, is hoping to shine a spotlight on the issue.
"All we really wanted was to raise awareness and start conversations about the gender gap," Belle Ngien, the café's manager, told CNN. The voluntary donations are collected during one week every month and given to women's charities, Ngien said.