It must be a Monday because Beyonce is back in the headlines again. Well, thanks to the dozens of “respectable” media outlets that continuously plug every artist associated with Roc Nation, Beyonce never left the spotlight. This time, however, she is creating buzz for an essay about gender equality.

Boasting the signature of Beyonce Knowles-Carter, the essay – featured in the annual Shriver Report – is a bold statement that slams gender-based inequalities in the American workforce, particularly the glass ceiling that prevents women from earning the same pay as men.

Beyonce even quotes interesting statistics, such as the fact that the average working woman only garners 77 percent of what a man earns, although the former group represents more than half of the total population.

Of course, many of you may question the validity of the details as well as if the essay was actually written by Beyonce or if she slid a typewriter under the stairs for Solange to ghostwrite it for her. Okay, that was harsh. It would be more accurate to assume Frank Ocean wrote it but I digress.

Before I get to the underlying issues of Beyonce’s latest scholarly masterpiece, which I sense Oprah will define as “when God meets art” as she did the 2013 Super Bowl Halftime Show – sponsored by Pepsi – read the essay below:

We need to stop buying into the myth about gender equality. It isn’t a reality yet. Today, women make up half of the U.S. workforce, but the average working woman earns only 77 percent of what the average working man makes. But unless women and men both say this is unacceptable, things will not change. Men have to demand that their wives, daughters, mothers, and sisters earn more—commensurate with their qualifications and not their gender. Equality will be achieved when men and women are granted equal pay and equal respect.

Humanity requires both men and women, and we are equally important and need one another. So why are we viewed as less than equal? These old attitudes are drilled into us from the very beginning. We have to teach our boys the rules of equality and respect, so that as they grow up, gender equality becomes a natural way of life. And we have to teach our girls that they can reach as high as humanly possible.

We have a lot of work to do, but we can get there if we work together. Women are more than 50 percent of the population and more than 50 percent of voters. We must demand that we all receive 100 percent of the opportunities.

Remember when I wrote that article questioning whether women are empowering or objectifying their own sexuality via their music? Thanks to Beyonce, you now have a great reason to click back by pressing this shiny, orange link.

What Beyonce has rightly tackled in her essay is the issue of equality that liberal feminists have been debating for decades. Yet, she has also revealed she is a bit of a hypocrite.

Beyonce has amassed a fortune of over 300 million dollars, rivalling the bank account of her notoriously rich husband, Jay-Z. However, the methods with which Beyonce and Jay-Z accomplished such incredible financial feats were quite different.

Jay-Z made his money via music royalties, Rihanna, touring, Rihanna business ventures, and making risky investments in everything from sports to his own record label, Roc Nation, and Rihanna.

Beyonce also made major moves in the entertainment industry, such as her many endorsement deals and touring the world but unlike Jay-Z, she took her clothes off.

The only time we ever see Jay-Z without a shirt is when he is at the beach. Beyonce, on the other hand, pops a squat while wearing nothing but underwear during her concerts and music videos.

As Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie said in the segment of TED Talk sampled by Beyonce in “*** Flawless” (Bow Down Bitches), girls are often taught not to be sexual beings like boys. Of course, Beyonce took that statement at face value and failed to look beyond the surface.

Just review the works of Beyonce and Jay-Z. The latter has many raunchy lyrics but never puts his own body on display. Instead, he objectifies the feminine other and watches those women, including his own wife, perform for him.

Beyonce, however, happily sings about pleasing her husband and flaunts the full frame of her figure for the world of heteronormative male viewers. In other words, she casts herself in the same second class position she denounces as she maintains the patriarchal view that women are not on the same level as men and they will only get somewhat close if they are willing to pop it for a real goon.

Naturally, many of you will argue that there is no problem with Beyonce performing a strip show for Jay-Z because he is her husband but why can’t they have their fun behind closed doors like other married couples? Why doesn’t he dutty wine in a thong for her in his videos?

Also, what does that say about the unmarried women in the music industry? For instance, are Rihanna and Jennifer Lopez whores for the almighty dollar because they aren’t singing directly to the men in their lives?

I’m just asking a few questions. If you think you have the answers, share your opinions in the comment section. Make it rain.