Obama Pays His Women Less
September 5, 2008So, who really supports the feminist movement? Hat tip to South Texas Chisme for bringing this one to my attention.
While Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama has vowed to make pay equity for women a top priority if elected president, an analysis of his Senate staff shows that women are outnumbered and out-paid by men.
That is in contrast to Republican presidential candidate John McCain’s Senate office, where women, for the most part, out-rank and are paid more than men.
Outrank so much so that Senator McCain’s got a lady as a running mate. And the plot thickens.
On average, women working in Obama’s Senate office were paid at least $6,000 below the average man working for the Illinois senator. That’s according to data calculated from the Report of the Secretary of the Senate, which covered the six-month period ending Sept. 30, 2007. Of the five people in Obama’s Senate office who were paid $100,000 or more on an annual basis, only one — Obama’s administrative manager — was a woman.
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As a woman, I find it just as disheartening that a woman be chosen based soley on her sex, as a man being chosen for the same reason.
I agree, sexism does go both ways. That’s why I DON’T select candidates based on gender. If that had been the case…eek, I might’ve supported Hillary for President. Lucky for me, the issues matter.