Blog Number Ten

The topic that is important to me is equal pay for equal work. I think that it is ridiculous that men make more money than women for the same amount of work. One group I found was the AAUW Action Network group, they urge the Senate to continue the fight against wage discrimination by acting swifly on the Paycheck Fairness Act. The AAUW's Mission is advancing equity for women and girls through advocacy, education, and research. I like their approach because they are to the point they do not try many different things to get things changed they go straight to the higher up (Senate) to get things done. They are a group and women that are fighting hard to get the wage discrimination changed and have already made huge advances in the fight. It is groups like this that are going to make the changes possible. This group has also helped in the fight and got the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act into law. Though it is sad that the main person that started this act will not get to see the changes it is going to make. Changes have to start somewhere and it is groups like this one that will make it happen! In the future I may join a group that is seeking the equal pay for equal work and fight the same fight many women are today.

Responds to Readings:

I found the tenth chapter in the F-Word very interesting about voting. This past election was my first time to get to vote and I was really exciting about it but then after realizing how the election process really works i was a little discouraged. It did not seem like to me that my vote really did count. When I started reading this chapter i soon realized that it really does count. Just as in the book when it talks about what if women did not vote, then there would be 19 million less votes and that is a lot! I was also surprised to see the percentages of women state legislators in some of the different states though it is still not 50% it is getting a lot closer with 36.7% in Washington. Just like our discussion in class on Monday I agree that the media did down play Plain making her seem like a bad mom for not being at home with her children. I think that it was perfectly ok for her to be on the campaign trail with McCain because there was a father at home that could just as easily take care of the children.