A Win for Women

Jill at Feministe brings us this study in contrasts.

Partial Birth Abortion Ban Act of 2003

Lily Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009

What a difference an administration makes. While the argument can be made that increased female representation in the US Senate and House will not necessarily lead to increased women’s rights (two words: Michele Bachman), it is important to increase our ranks – the four female Republican senators all voted for the Ledbetter Fair Pay Act. Chances are good that female lawmakers have personally experienced sexism in the workplace, regardless of party affiliation. We need more women who’ve been there (wherever “there” is) to represent us in the halls of power.

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6 Responses to “A Win for Women”

1. Khrushchev says:

   January 30, 2009 at 10:12 am

   You know, I want to focus on the heartwarming picture below it, but that first picture is some truly gruesome Handmaid’s Tale bone-chilling fucked-up shit.
2. sarah.of.a.lesser.god says:

   January 30, 2009 at 10:42 am

   That top picture is going to give me nightmares. Seriously. I will now have to worry about Zombie Bush risen from the political dead to try and nosh on our hope-infected brains.
3. Penny says:

   January 30, 2009 at 2:35 pm

   That lower photo gives me the happies.
4. SkipToMyLou says:

   January 30, 2009 at 3:53 pm

   I have no words to describe the fury induced by the first photo. And, yo, I love Obama and volunteered for him and all, but how cool would the contrast have been if that second pic had a woman president signing the law?
5. exelizabeth says:

   January 30, 2009 at 5:41 pm

   The first thing I thought about when I saw the Ledbetter signing was that Partial Birth Abortion ban signing.

   Night and Day.
6. Was für eine Woche « MagdaRocksPortland says:

   January 31, 2009 at 4:12 am

   [...] Der Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009 wurde von Obama unterschrieben! Jenes Gesetz setzt die Verjährungsfrist von Gehaltsdiskriminierung mit jedem neuen Gehaltscheck zurück (im Gegensatz zum vorherigen Gesetz, welches den ersten Gehaltscheck als Stichtag nahm), was eine Klage nun auch nach Jahren nicht bemerkter Gehaltsdiskriminierung ermöglicht. Wer mal den Unterschied von Bush zu Obama in Bildern sehen will, checkt mal folgenden Link aus: Das erste Bild zeigt Bush, umringt von seinen Kumpanen, mit denen er 2003 ein Gesetz unterschreibt, welches Abtreibung im fortgeschritten Status unter Strafe stellt und das zweite Bild zeigt Obama 2009, der das oben beschriebene Gesetz unterschreibt. Guckt mal hier. [...]