Wisconsin Republican: Gender discrimination in workplace is a myth

[Playinghardball]

Wisconsin state senator Glenn Grothman (R-West Bend) wants women to know that the whole concept of wage discrimination is all in their heads. “It’s an underreported problem,” Grothman told The Daily Beast, “but a huge number of discrimination claims are baseless. Most of them are filed by fired employees, and really today almost anybody is a protected class.”

It was this rationale that led the senator to spearhead the drive to repeal Wisconsin’s 2009 Equal Pay Enforcement Act, the state’s equivalent of the Ledbetter Act, the federal law that helped provide the means for workers to pursue discrimination claims against employers.

Governor Scott Walker (R) signed the repeal of the Equal Pay Enforcement Act into law on Thursday. The repeal, now known as Act 219, was brought before Walker after passing in party-line votes in the Republican-dominated state senate and state assembly.

One of the authors of the Equal Pay Enforcement Act, Democratic state senator Christine Sinicki (Milwaukee) said of Act 219, “This whole (legislative) session has been anti-woman and anti-middle class, and this fits right in with that agenda.”

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/04/07/wisconsin-republican-gender-discrimination-in-workplace-is-a-myth/

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Just what planet is this moron from?

[Lint Head]

1. What an idiotic thing to say. "Most of them are filed by fired employees.."

Does the neanderthal that spouted this not realize that the "fired" employee could have been "fired" because they were discriminated against? Or, were "fired" in the first place because they spoke up about discrimination. The low I.Q. of Repubs is absolutely astounding!

[Lindsay]

3. If you start from their assumption

that nothing a woman says is worth listening to, it's easy to see how they come to that conclusion.

[CurtEastPoint]

2. More fun ideas from Glenn:

In February 2012, Grothman introduced Senate Bill 507, which would amend Wisconsin statutes to emphasize single parenthood as a contributing factor to child abuse and neglect.[11] He also sponsored State Bill 202, which would have repealed the Equal Pay Enforcement Act, saying that the "Left and the social welfare establishment want children born out of wedlock because they are far more likely to be dependent on the government."[12]

[atreides1]

6. Grothman?

Isn't he the guy that has no wife or children? Maybe he just hates women...and believes that they are no more valuable then say a cow or a goat...maybe?

[meow2u3]

8. He's the guy who lives in his mom's basement

He's the guy who never married, is such a loser with women, and is taking his frustrations out of women in general because no decent woman wants him.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glenn_Grothman

[Initech]

4. I'm now convinced there's no low to the depths these morons will stoop.

[Scuba]

5. Just what planet is this moron from? Um, he's from my district. We tried to recall him, but...

... it's slightly redder than red here. Sorry.

[atreides1]

7. You have my sympathies

You live in an area with many churches? People who claim to be "good Christian folk"?

Next time you see one of your "red" neighbors with his wife, completely ignore the woman, and ask him how his dog is doing?

If they take offense, remind them that Grothman doesn't consider women to be worth more then a good dog! You may lose a friend, but is someone who supports a man like Grothman really a friend?

[LargoMae]

9. Wisconsin Republican: Gender discrimination in workplace is a myth

In a word........oppression..........all the way round!
IMHO, it's insulting when your boss says to ya, (while everybody is watching and listening) why are you standing so close to me when you speak......do you want to kiss me? Not necessarily, I reply, I just wanted to make sure you can hear me! LOL

Always remember, it's our voices and our truths that maintain our freedoms, and don't let anybody sway you otherwise!

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