Workplace Salaries: At Last, Women on Top

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48. "the patriarchal system which existed 100 years ago allowed men more freedom than women"

Well at least we are getting somewhere. There was a patriarchal system, that is not some rad-fem conspiracy theory.

"allowed men more freedom than women" - just a little, ya' think?

Until the civil rights era occupational discrimination against women was legal. That is not 100 years ago, it is 50. The failure of the ERA amendment means that absolute legal equality is still not guaranteed.

This is not ancient history, it is our lifetimes. The removal of occupational barriers has been a slow and ongoing process, not only for women but also for people of color, and now for the LGBT community as well. It ain't over. We remain a patriarchal, racist, sexist society.

The gender pay gap absolutely exists. The best any of you can do is argue that factors other than discrimination are causal, that is if you are being honest, even then, outside of rightwing sites, those analysis cannot account for all of the difference.

Denying the fact that gender wage discrimination exists is rightwing nonsense. I'm sorry if that fact upsets you, but it is a fact. Support for equality for all people includes recognition that equality for all people is not a reality in our society. Recognition of the need for continued action to remove discrimination from our institutions, both public and private, is a core Democratic value. The fact that the Men's group appears to be a haven for advocating positions quite opposite from that is troubling, to say the least.