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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