Wisconsin State Senator Says Women Are Paid Less Because ‘Money Is More Important For Men’
Wisconsin State Senator Says Women Are Paid Less Because ‘Money Is More Important For Men’
By Travis Waldron on Apr 9, 2012 at 3:07 pm
Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker (R) quietly repealed his state’s equal pay law last week, a decision that will make it harder for victims of wage discrimination to sue for lost earnings and back wages. The law was enacted primarily to address the massive pay gap that exists between male and female workers, which is even bigger in Wisconsin than in other states.
Repealing the law was a no-brainer for state Sen. Glenn Grothman (R), who led the effort because of his belief that pay discrimination is a myth driven by liberal women’s groups. Ignoring multiple studies showing that the pay gap exists, Grothman blamed females for prioritizing childrearing and homemaking instead of money, saying, “Money is more important for men,” The Daily Beast reports:
Whatever gaps exist, he insists, stem from women’s decision to prioritize childrearing over their careers. “Take a hypothetical husband and wife who are both lawyers,” he says. “But the husband is working 50 or 60 hours a week, going all out, making 200 grand a year. The woman takes time off, raises kids, is not go go go. Now they’re 50 years old. The husband is making 200 grand a year, the woman is making 40 grand a year. It wasn’t discrimination. There was a different sense of urgency in each person.” [...]
Grothman doesn’t accept these studies. When I ran the numbers by him, he replied, “The American Association of University Women is a pretty liberal group.” Nor, he argued, does its conclusion take into account other factors, like “goals in life. You could argue that money is more important for men. I think a guy in their first job, maybe because they expect to be a breadwinner someday, may be a little more money-conscious. To attribute everything to a so-called bias in the workplace is just not true.”
more:
http://thinkprogress.org/economy/2012/04/09/460917/wisconsin-state-senator-money-less-important-wome/
His source:
He continues, “What you’ve got to look at, and Ann Coulter has looked at this, is you have to break it down by married and unmarried. Once you break it down by married and unmarried, the differential disappears.”
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/04/07/wisconsin-s-repeal-of-equal-pay-rights-adds-to-battles-for-women.html
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Manolos and hairdos and makeup don't come cheap, you know! 
Would you repeat that, please? 
These guys are sooo....clueless...I can't stand it. I'm going to have to sit on the floor. 
"exasperated", " you're going to make me lose my religion" and "you're lucky I have Jesus" We knew that she was about 3 inches away from tearing us into strips.. So, at least in my mom's case, your tagline is SERIOUS and TRUE!!
But entirely expected, coming from a repuke. If this guy's brains were petrol it wouldn't power a gnat's motorcycle halfway around a BB. 
If piece work is involved and your base rate for same work is lower, you get screwed on your labor output, same for overtime. Must be some right to work for less and less state. You get paid for what you do, not for what rest room you use. Whatever a person does with the money they earn is their choice, they earned it, it's theirs. She goes home just as tired as her male counterpart.
(Ann Coulter, expert! )
Women are paid less because assholes like you control the pursestrings. 