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In reply to the discussion: Misogyny should not be tolerated on DU [View all]DonCoquixote
(13,616 posts)though I quote a source that said 70, let's go ahead and go with your 80. How is *) cents on the dollar EQUAL?
and let my break this down for you:
"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. "
Simple, as long as women make less than men for the same amount of work, and as long as women have the minority of positions that are allowed to make decisions, they will NOT have power, and that the men who currently have that power will not want to give it up. Those facts you were so annoyed at were facts that proved that woman;s work is not valued the same as a man, and that women do not have as much political power, despite being the majority of the population. There, that simple enough for your digestion?
Asfar as only arguing buy analogy, you did seem to skim over the facts. You cannot say that the number of CEOS, Congress, Senators, Governors is equal to males, because the raw numbers will not hold your weight. To quote an Italian saying "mathematics is not an opinion", and when you count the number of women in decison making positions versus men, the imbalance of power is obvious. Here is another blue link:
http://www.thisnation.com/congress-facts.html
Men and Women in the 112th Congress
While the partisan composition of the Congress is fairly close to that of the electorate, there are larger disparities between the Congress and the general citizenry in term of sex and race. In the House, there are currently 362 men and 76 women. In the Senate, there are 17 women and 83 men.
Last, the "Fact" you summoned, from the allmighty Slate magazine, says that women;s wage are 80 cents on the dollar, as opposed to 70 cents. WOW. Maybe someday they might make 85 cents to the dollar, if they are good little girls that play nice. Of course that would nto affect their ability to organize, right? But then again, since you ignored my explanation for why a projection of "collective power" is false, I can leave it to you to explain how people with less money and less representatives in offices of power are not hindered.
But of course, if you cannot debate facts, go ahead and act as if you are not amused. I assure you, the rest of us who deal with the reality fo power in this country are not amused either.