As the GOP continues to limit the rights of women, The Colbert Report's April 10th broadcast shared this quote from a Wisconsin state senator, "Take a hypothetical husband and a wife who are both lawyers... the woman takes time off, raises kids, is not go go go... the husband is making two hundread grand a year, the woman is making 40 grand a year. It wasn't discrimination. There was a different sense of urgency in each person... you could argue that money is more important for men." -Senator Glenn Grothman, April 7, 2012.
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| Glenn Grothman speaking in March 2012 where he shares his thoughts on why single parenthood is child abuse. |
His quote seems to contradict himself. He seems to be making a point that in this hypothetical situation is not discrimination because the woman is working less than the man. However, if "money is more important for men" then he would not need to use his hypothetical situation because it would be true in all cases. So according to him, women are always the stay at home moms who always work less than their male spouses. But don't worry, cuz it's not discrimination. Oh wait, that kind of generilization that women do not work as hard as men actually is discrimination.
Don't listen to me though, Glenn Gorthman, a male, seems to think he knows women best. Especially the part about how women don't really care about money. And as a man, he knows how important money is for men. "They need it to get the ladies, appareantly they don't have any" (Stephen Colbert 2012).
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