I used to think of John McCain as a respectable Republican, a true compassionate conservative, an experienced war vet who was even willing to cross the proverbial aisle and work with Democrats on an anti-torture bill. Those days are long gone. For me, the first disappointment was when McCain was one of the many Republicans who were "too busy" to attend a debate at a historically black college. That was just cold.
Not content to ignore only African-Americans, McCain has recently stepped up his act by brushing aside women's issues as well. The Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act was filibustered by Senate Republicans Wednesday. The Act would have restored available solutions for pay discrimination based on gender and improved workers' ability to contest discrimination. Though McCain didn't bother to show up for the vote he did comment that all women needed to gain equality in the workplace was a little more "education and training." This answer is simply illogical in light of the fact that women are beginning to outnumber men as students in higher education. In fact it has come to the point where some college enact a sort of 'affirmative action' policy to keep the gender balance 50/50 when the number of female applicants is especially high. Women not only outnumber men but apparently their grades tend to be better as well. Yet the wage gap persists.
Someone set McCain straight.
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I've actually heard it suggested that the reason women excel in school but lag behind men in the workplace is that women are somehow not neurologically "wired" to function in a truly competitive environment they way men apparently are.
Yup, no glass ceiling or anything. Our tiny brains just can't cope with the harsh, masculine world of employment. Except perhaps as a kindergarten teacher or a nurse, or some equally "nurturing" profession, I imagine. XP
Frankly, I lost all respect for him as soon as he said he didn't mind if we stay in Iraq another 100 years.
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