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DonViejo

(60,536 posts)
Tue Apr 15, 2014, 01:23 PM Apr 2014

Anti-feminist: Increase the gender pay gap because men don’t want well-paid wives

By David Edwards
Tuesday, April 15, 2014 11:41 EDT

Anti-feminist Eagle Forum founder Phyllis Schlafly argued this week that Washington should stop trying to make sure women receive equal pay for equal work because men were not interested in marrying wives who make as much as them.

“Another fact is the influence of hypergamy, which means that women typically choose a mate (husband or boyfriend) who earns more than she does,” Schlafly wrote in a Christianity Today op-ed that was flagged by Right Wing Watch. “Men don’t have the same preference for a higher-earning mate.”

“While women prefer to HAVE a higher-earning partner, men generally prefer to BE the higher-earning partner in a relationship. This simple but profound difference between the sexes has powerful consequences for the so-called pay gap.”

Schlafly continued: “Suppose the pay gap between men and women were magically eliminated. If that happened, simple arithmetic suggests that half of women would be unable to find what they regard as a suitable mate.”

Speaking to Thom Hartmann earlier this month, Schlafly expanded on her thoughts about hypergamy, saying that, “a lot of men think that women control the workforce.”

“There are plenty of women who simply don’t want the same treatment as men,” she explained. “For example, most women don’t want to work the full week that men work. Men want full-time jobs, women want the ability to knock off and take shorter hours.”

“They like the gender gap,” Schlafly added. “They want to marry a man who earns more than she does.”

Watch he video below from Free Speech TV, broadcast April 3, 2013.

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/04/15/anti-feminist-increase-the-gender-pay-gap-because-men-dont-want-well-paid-wives/

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Anti-feminist: Increase the gender pay gap because men don’t want well-paid wives (Original Post) DonViejo Apr 2014 OP
Teh stoopid, it burns... catbyte Apr 2014 #1
Really should be an Onion piece maddezmom Apr 2014 #2
GMTA !!! - K & R !!! WillyT Apr 2014 #3
Says a woman JustAnotherGen Apr 2014 #4
Who are these men? Erich Bloodaxe BSN Apr 2014 #5
I think it's a control thing. JoeyT Apr 2014 #13
I wish my wife made ten times my income. Throd Apr 2014 #6
Or 100 times CFLDem Apr 2014 #12
My wife makes 20+ times my salary... brooklynite Apr 2014 #7
My hubby would love for me to make Ilsa Apr 2014 #8
Most men don't give a shit... one_voice Apr 2014 #9
I think we have some personal insight into Ms. Flypaper's thought process. Rex Apr 2014 #10
Lol CFLDem Apr 2014 #11

JustAnotherGen

(31,781 posts)
4. Says a woman
Tue Apr 15, 2014, 01:28 PM
Apr 2014

Not in the Greater NYC Area
Not been single in many many many years
Never dated in her 30's as a high earning woman


This -
“Men don’t have the same preference for a higher-earning mate.”


Let's talk about my 'shock' when I moved down here in 2006 at the number of men in this area that were holding out for female Doctors, Lawyers, Indian Chiefs.

This woman has noooooooooooooo clue what she's talking about. Stick to jesus - leave sex in the city to those women in the know.

Erich Bloodaxe BSN

(14,733 posts)
5. Who are these men?
Tue Apr 15, 2014, 01:30 PM
Apr 2014

If I were going to marry, I'd want a spouse who made as much as possible, and if that were far more than me, that would be fantastic. Why would I want to deliberately seek out to reduce my overall household income?

JoeyT

(6,785 posts)
13. I think it's a control thing.
Tue Apr 15, 2014, 11:24 PM
Apr 2014

If your wife is making enough to be useful, but not enough to bail out if she gets sick of you, you get some added income and she has to stick around and put up with you forever.

It's just an alien concept to those of us with sense. "More money? No thanks! I'd much rather be trapped in a loveless relationship where everyone hates one another."

one_voice

(20,043 posts)
9. Most men don't give a shit...
Tue Apr 15, 2014, 01:55 PM
Apr 2014

if their wife makes more than them. There are homes where mom works and dad stays home and takes care of the kids.

This dumb ass doesn't have a clue.

 

Rex

(65,616 posts)
10. I think we have some personal insight into Ms. Flypaper's thought process.
Tue Apr 15, 2014, 02:01 PM
Apr 2014

When Ms. Flypaper says, 'women want the ability to knock off and take shorter hours." What she really means is, "Phyllis Schlafly wants the ability to knock off and take shorter hours."

She of course projects herself as the ultimate women, so what she desires is what every woman wants.

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