Does this mean that Female Lawmakers support The War on Women?


The more I consider the “War on Women” and all of the bills being pushed and passed by Republican-led State Houses as well as those being crafted in Washington, I cannot help but wonder where are the female lawmakers and why are they voting for things like this?



Take for example the information found in the article by Amanda Terkel of the Huffington Post titled Scott Walker Quietly Repeals Wisconsin Equal Pay Law.   There had to be some female lawmakers in the Republican Party that thought this was not a good idea.  How can they not see the regression that this and other bills will cause all women?  Are they under the impression that these bills will not affect them or their daughters and sisters?  The article reports that the law quietly signed by Scott Walker harms the "economic security as a women’s health issue," Sara Finger, executive director of WAWH. "The salary women are paid directly affects the type and frequency of health care services they are able to access. At a time when women’s health services are becoming more expensive and harder to obtain, financial stability is essential to maintain steady access."  How much longer must women wait to be considered first-class citizens vice second-class and when will the women of the Republican Party step up and demand to be treated as equal to the males of the same party?



They do carry a responsibility to women and every person that they were hired to serve.  Imagine how much better our economic situation would be if every brick layer, regardless of sex, was getting paid equally for equal work.  Are these Republican women saying that men work harder than women and therefore deserve the extra 23 to 25 cents of every dollar?  Men may have been the breadwinner in the households but times have changed and more women are a large part of this workforce than ever before.  Men may have made all of the decisions in the home but times have changed and many homes do not have any senior males in them.  Does growing up without a dad mean that the children are less worthy?  If nothing else, it is as simple as doing the right thing and when did this nation become a place where doing the right thing is not a bedrock principal?

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