This article originally appeared in US News & World Report.

Batgirl is back. At least for today, a day dubbed Equal Pay Day, a fictitious holiday that supposedly marks how far into 2015 women must work to earn what men did in 2014. Using an old PSA, the Department of Labor created an “Equal Pay for Equal Work” video featuring Batgirl complaining to Batman, who with Robin is precariously tied up in a rope, “I’ve worked for you a long time and I’m paid less than Robin. Same job, same employer means equal pay for men and women.”

Additionally, the DOL website includes a link, “White House Facts About Equal Pay,” to a White House webpage, which begins with, “On average, full-time working women earn just 77 cents for every dollar a man earns.”

Someone needs to come to the rescue and set the record straight on Equal Pay Day. Everything else being equal, women in America don’t get paid 23 percent less just because they are women.

Since the Equal Pay Act was signed into law in 1963, sex-based discrimination in pay has been illegal. And since the enactment of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, it has been illegal to discriminate in the workplace based on sex.

The claim that the statistic that women make 77 cents for each dollar men make is evidence of rampant discrimination has been debunked by people across the political spectrum. One of the problems is it doesn’t take into account individual choices that men and women make – education, years of experience and hours worked, among others – that have a significant impact on earnings. The choices we make in the labor market – whether to take on dangerous work, long hours and overtime shifts, for example – matter and should be taken seriously.

This year’s so-called Equal Pay Day will likely draw more attention to Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s announcement that she is running for president. Despite questions about a pay disparity between Clinton’s male and female staff, she is an outspoken advocate for equal pay. Last year, on Equal Pay Day, Clinton tweeted, “20 years ago, women made 72 cents on the dollar to men. Today it’s still just 77 cents. More work to do. #EqualPay #NoCeilings.”

As part of its No Ceilings: The Full Participation Project, an effort “to inspire and advance the full participation of women and girls around the world,” this spring, the Bill, Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation released “No Ceilings: The Full Participation Plan,” which includes a point about equal pay. Positioning herself as a champion for “everyday Americans,” Clinton’s presidential announcement was timed well for her to now offer a plan for a bigger role for government to “fix” this problem.

Americans don’t need superheroes and champions as much as they need leaders who will get the facts straight. But it isn’t just government and politicians promoting the wrong message. A new BuzzFeed video, “This Is What You May Have Wanted To Do When You Learned About The Wage Gap,” showed a female employee learning she earns 78 percent of what her male counterpart makes. Going forward, she decided only to do 78 percent of her job. She stopped mid-sentence, hung up on a call early and walked out of a meeting. Preying on these misconceptions promoted by politicians contributes negatively to the workplace atmosphere and sends the wrong message to women and girls about their career prospects.

Today, as part of Equal Pay Day, some women will be wearing red to represent women being “in the red” in terms of equal pay. Rather than needing Batgirl or Clinton to come to the rescue, these women need the facts.