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In reply to the discussion: Misogyny should not be tolerated on DU [View all]Major Nikon
(36,827 posts)Honestly I'm not sure where you went with any of this. There doesn't seem to be a beginning or end to any of it and it looks more like a collection of run on sentences filled with random thoughts thrown together.
You mention "collective power" is a strawman, yet you utterly failed to explain why, so any reader is left to guess what your thoughts here were. Regardless, I wasn't the one who brought up "collective power" in the first place. Near as I can tell you are somehow trying to say "collective power" is an illusion, which may very well be true, but if one is to accept that notion then it follows it's no less of an illusion for men or women collectively and has a lot more to do with class than gender.
Funny how you'd even mention I didn't address "70cents on the dollar". I mean this is really, no-shit funny. For one thing, it wasn't mentioned. For another, there is no "70cents on the dollar". I suspect you are talking about the raw wage gap figure from the BLS, which is actually listed as 77c for yearly wages, and 80c for weekly wages. I've spoken about the subject many times and I really don't care to do so here given this level of discourse, but if you want to educate yourself on the subject and if nothing else at least get the number right, here's a good place to start:
http://www.slate.com/articles/double_x/doublex/2013/08/gender_pay_gap_the_familiar_line_that_women_make_77_cents_to_every_man_s.html