Women 'do not want' parity laws (says the woman)

We are rather accustomed to hear politicians make incredibly stupid comments on equality of the sexes, our bodies and our rights. But when a woman does, we are a bit, well, shocked. Are we not in the same team here, sister?

So, imagine our dismay when Republican Marsha Blackburn MP made a recent statement saying that women "don't want" equal pay laws. Uh, what?

Blackburn, who notably voted against the 2009 Lily Ledbetter Fair Pay Act and the Paycheck Fairness Act of 2009, said that women want 'recognition' on equal pay.

"I've always said that I would not be given a job because I was a woman, I wanted it because I was the most qualified person for the position," she said. "And ensuring that companies will move forward in the same vein, this is what women want. They do not want the decisions taken in Washington. They want to be able to have power and control and the ability to make those decisions for themselves."

Very well...

Yes, of course, we want the recognition for a job well done and people to hire us because we rock - not because we have vaginas and they feel like they need to hit something of a quota of women. Call us crazy, but having legislation in place to ensure that we have paid the same amount as a man for the same work should not affect these other two things.

Rather than take the 'power' and 'control' away from us (because we clearly do not have it in the first place) a law would protect our rights and we. Because this is the point of the whole of a law. Go, Blackburn. Shouldn't you know who?

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