SOME FEMINIST FAUXWORDS

During the after (sometimes during) dinner act (there actually is one) of Faux News we often talk of women in the political (not in the biblical) sense. After all it is an election year, so in the past primary campaigns there is the repeated question of whether either of two "minorities" as in a black man (Mr. Obama) or a woman (white, as in Mrs. Clinton) could lead the Democratic party. We were puzzled, not by the answer but by the question. Since women are in fact a bit over 52% of the population aren't they a pretty major minority? Add to that, that according to those in academic work who rate such things over 60% of the quality applications for undergraduate admission are turned in by women. So we are compelled to ask that if ladies are 52% of our population and 60% of intellect, why do they get 77% of the salary as men for doing the same job? Which brings us to the Lilly Ledbetter act, so named because on her job working for Goodyear in Alabama, Ms. Ledbetter got in fact very uneven pay for just 30 years or so...well, who knew she can't take a joke. This is going to come up (again) before the Senate sooner than later and it will be nip and tuck for the forces of fair to get the 61 vote total needed to get it passed. Again, these things get through or don't in this congress by razor thin margins, as witnessed by the Medicare reform which just thankfully by one vote. And since John McCain was the only Senator absent that day we wonder if he'll miss the vote and the boat on equal pay for women, as he was out (no doubt) campaigning for their votes while he's to busy to vote for them.