Posted on 02/18/2014 5:34:24 AM PST by Aspenhuskerette
“Life’s greatest happiness,” Victor Hugo wrote, “is to be convinced we are loved.”
But as most experienced couples know, love-induced happiness is a year-round triumph, not the outcome of a singular, mass-marketed Valentine's celebration - the one Jay Leno calls “Extortion Day.”
But men ignore this expectation-filled Hallmark holiday at their peril, which is why it’s become a $16 billion industry. More than heart-shaped bling, women savor attention — a lesson also noted by politicians.
Just as women should be wary of transient Romeos, they must think again about politicians who whisper sweet nothings into their ears, over-promising before an election and under-delivering after winning their commitment.
A frequent refrain of President Obama's -- asserted as earnestly as “if you like your health care plan, you can keep it” -- is the claim repeated in his State of the Union address that women “make 77 cents for every dollar a man earns.”
Promising to close the “embarrassing” gap, he declared that “women deserve equal pay for equal work.”
While discrimination can’t be ruled out, should it be the default explanation? Are whites the victims of discrimination because they earn less than Asians? If women do the same work for less, why would anyone hire a man?
Playing honest broker and mindful of research studies, feminist Hanna Rosin wrote in Slate last year, “I've heard the line enough times that I feel the need to set the record straight: It's not true.”
Though the rhetoric is as empty as the calories in a box of Valentine's chocolates, it sells, 51 years after President Kennedy signed the Equal Pay Act to prohibit gender-based wage discrimination.
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonexaminer.com ...
...a very good read...but, all in all, useless regarding the crowd that needs to read it...there are none so blind to the truth than those that choose to be continuous victims...
Spent some time educating the clown that Lilly Ledbetter was not a "women's rights" issue, but a legal clarification on the statute of limitations related to discrimination cases.
The bottom line is that when you hear "War on Women", libs mean two things -- unrestricted access to abortions at any time, and government paid birth control, including abortion.
Now that's funny...
How does that work with two married (women) lesbos?
Or as we call it around here: Marriage License Renewal Day
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.