"Money Is More Important For Men"

[Chelli]

http://www.care2.com/causes/wisconsi...t-for-men.html

...Seriously? Can someone please explain to me how money is more important to me than it is to a woman? Because as far as I'm aware it's equally important to both, but apparently my ignorant mind is wrong.

I swear I lose more and more faith in humanity every day. Stuff like this really gets my blood boiling.

[Raguna]

http://www.care2.com/causes/wisconsi...t-for-men.html

...Seriously? Can someone please explain to me how money is more important to me than it is to a woman? Because as far as I'm aware it's equally important to both, but apparently my ignorant mind is wrong.

I swear I lose more and more faith in humanity every day. Stuff like this really gets my blood boiling.

I don't understand it either. Why should men get more money? Sure thats cool for guys but what about women. What if some women find themselves in a tight economic budget . Whats gonna happen to single mothers if they can't raise their children well because of lack of money. Really this report is just sexist. Men and women are equal in this world so they should be treated as such.

I lost faith in this world a long time ago. Though I still have some. I believe in very little humans like you guys. Though I may not know you guys I at least believe your a lot better than people I have met before.

[Dusty Starr]

Never lose faith in humanity. :3 Stupid people and evil people are everywhere, yes, but there are always good hearted people, and we should not give up on them.

[Ryos]

Blame it on society for clinging to the traditional mindset that men are supposed to be the breadwinners and women are supposed to stay at home and raise the kids or whatever. I don't think a law like this is really all that needed when white-collar workers, where women traditionally fare as well as or better than men, have more or less completely invalidated the need for men. The most significant barriers still for women in the workforce are physical jobs (because men are pretty much built stronger by default) and high level executives (there are extremely few female CEOs out there for some reason despite the high number of qualified individuals). Unfortunately, when there are some companies that pay women less for the same work, that's the only reason to have a law like this in the first place, because that's just dumb.

[CelestialBlade]

Blame it on society for clinging to the traditional mindset that men are supposed to be the breadwinners and women are supposed to stay at home and raise the kids or whatever. I don't think a law like this is really all that needed when white-collar workers, where women traditionally fare as well as or better than men, have more or less completely invalidated the need for men. The most significant barriers still for women in the workforce are physical jobs (because men are pretty much built stronger by default) and high level executives (there are extremely few female CEOs out there for some reason despite the high number of qualified individuals). Unfortunately, when there are some companies that pay women less for the same work, that's the only reason to have a law like this in the first place, because that's just dumb.

Pretty much this; just sounds like an outdated patriarchal idea by someone living in the past. It's still going to be a few more generations before blatant stupidity like this is erased from society. I'm a female engineering school graduate and I'm fully aware I'm going to run into this crap everywhere, just gotta hope that things improve as the "baby boomer" generation begins to dwindle.

What personally scared me was how many anti-women republican presidential candidates were in the running this year in the US, some of them blatantly so (Santorum, for one). I do think the generation gap is what keeps these outdated ideals floating around in society, but seeing someone like that elected would really set us back a generation in my opinion.

[Dusty Starr]

Well this is just all sorts of stupid. Though, honestly, I am wondering if if this is more about sticking it to the working class than women, looking at some of the things this Governer has done and said in the past. He's also completely bought if I recall by big business folks, so it would make sense.

[Chelli]

Pretty much this; just sounds like an outdated patriarchal idea by someone living in the past. It's still going to be a few more generations before blatant stupidity like this is erased from society. I'm a female engineering school graduate and I'm fully aware I'm going to run into this crap everywhere, just gotta hope that things improve as the "baby boomer" generation begins to dwindle.

What personally scared me was how many anti-women republican presidential candidates were in the running this year in the US, some of them blatantly so (Santorum, for one). I do think the generation gap is what keeps these outdated ideals floating around in society, but seeing someone like that elected would really set us back a generation in my opinion.

Oh my god, some of the presidential candidates are awful. It's like they're trying to completely remove any progress women have made since they got the right to vote.

[Chaosblade]

Oh my god, some of the presidential candidates are awful. It's like they're trying to completely remove any progress women have made since they got the right to vote.

Well, yeah, this country has it's foot planted firmly on the reverse pedal right now. (Yes, there's no reverse pedal, but that's beside the point.)

And I'm not sure any of the presidential candidates are really worthwhile. I wish my vote counted.

[Slur]

ITT: Feminism

[Minneyar]

ITT: Feminism

You are correct, one of the goals of feminism is ensuring equal rights and treatment for women. What's your point?