Are American Women Oppressed?
According to a highly
publicized new study by the Institute for Women’s Policy Research, American
women are "still 100 years away from full equality." Heidi Hartmann, the group's
president, says:
“At the rate things are
changing, it’ll be 50 years before women’s paychecks equal men’s, and nearly a
full century before women hold half the seats in Congress...wherever you go in
America, women are shortchanged, starting with their paychecks...American women
are paid 76 cents for every dollar men earn.
“The hard truth is that
American women have come a long way in the last hundred years, but we’re still
only about halfway to equality. There’s no good reason why our paychecks should
be docked because we’re women, no good reason to deny us our fair share of
political offices and corporate CEO slots.”
Detroit News
columnist Laura Berman
sympathizes with the report and
believes that women's status and
rights are imperiled. Carrie
Lukas of the Independent Women's
Forum believes that the "wage
gap" and other problems
highlighted by the report are
largely myths. Berman and Lukas joined Glenn on
His Side with Glenn Sacks November 28.
To learn more
about the IWPR report, the wage
gap, and other issues related to
the status of women, see:
