Kim Gandy is stepping down as President of the National Organization for Women in June, but before she goes, she had time to spread some more falsehoods with Politico.
Some gems:
What’s a common and accepted practice for Americans nowadays that you think we’ll look back on with regret?
Paying women less than men for the same or comparable work and making excuses for it.
Apparently it is an acceptable practice to manipulate statistics to suit your own political purposes.
Describe a few pet peeves of yours.
Phony experts. Personal attacks (as a replacement for facts or political argument). People who take credit for things they didn’t do. Meetings that are twice as long as they needed to be. Oh yes, lying blowhards who call other people lying blowhards.
In other words, you are your own pet peeve.
Read the Original Article at Politico
The Onion has an amusing piece on the National Organization for Women’s “39th” birthday.
An excerpt:
NOW’s first order of business in their 39th year of operation is to begin preparations for the anniversary celebration next year, during which the organization is rumored to be turning 39. Although the theme, location, and guest list are still being debated, both NOW’s national and regional leadership unanimously agreed to invite ’70s heartthrob Burt Reynolds to deliver the keynote address.
Read the Original Article at The Onion
After reading articles like these, I have to remind myself – repeatedly – that I support free speech/press.
Snippets…
A local attorney named Todd Phillips is a major proponent of enforcing equal pricing laws. He argues that charging men higher prices is discriminatory. Phillips has several successful law suits under his belt, many of which employ rhetoric of gender discrimination to challenge pricing discrepancies.
We’re good so far.
On the surface, Phillips’ cause appears valiant. Who doesn’t support the eradication of inequality?
Ooh, ooh, let me guess. You.
Even more embarrassing is the fact that Phillips’ case was the first in Nevada to challenge a supposedly sexist business policy, on behalf of men.
What’s my prize?
If Phillips truly wanted to challenge economic inequality, why not tackle the gender wage gap? Women might get into night clubs for free, but that doesn’t change the fact that we are underpaid for equal work.
*headdesk*
I had trouble quoting directly from this article because it was so grammatically incorrect. Nice to know that even college newspaper editors can’t construct a sentence these days. Be sure to check out more grammatically-incorrect goodies from Marisa Christensen.
