Tag Archives: equal pay
Michele Bachmann on women voters: mistaken or dishonest?
Tweet Michele Bachmann appeared on Face the Nation Sunday to share totally incorrect information about women voters. “The myth is there is a Republican war on women. There’s not a Republican war on women…. That’s coming from the Obama reelection team…. Actually, if you look at the 2010 elections, women went Republican. They didn’t go Democrat, [...]
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Rachel Maddow and the truth versus condescending, sexist Republican consultant
TweetRepublican consultant Alex Castellanos is pretty good at his job. It’s not easy to fully represent the extent of the Republican Party’s sexism, and yet Castellanos manages to do so in both content and form! And that’s pretty impressive. He demonstrated his skills on Meet the Press, as he denied the well-documented phenomenon unequal pay. Castellanos [...]
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Australian Company Offering Double Pay to Women Who Return to Work
TweetMuch ink has been spilled on this site over the past few months on equal pay, and with good reason. It’s one of the most obvious and tangible manifestations of sexism in society today. We’ve published a guest post on why we can’t wait for fair pay, and a roundup of good reads for Equal [...]
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The Feministing Five: Lilly Ledbetter
Tweet Lilly Ledbetter, a woman whose story affects us all, recently came out with her autobiography, “Grace and Grit: My Fight for Equal Pay and Fairness at Goodyear and Beyond.” Her story is more important than ever today. Especially since women still only make 77 cents to every dollar that men make, even as we [...]
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Urge your senators to vote for the Paycheck Fairness Act!