Quote of the day...

"Women of America: Put your lipstick on, square your shoulders, suit up...the revolution starts tonight."
~Senator Barbara Mikulski, moments after Senate Republicans blocked the effort to move forward on the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act.

Can we really handle another four years of an administration that puts issues of parity (ALL issues of equality, not just those concerning women) on the back burner? If we continue to accept the status quo, I'll be a few years away from retirement age before the wage gap is closed (current estimates put this at 27 years, considering the rate of change over the past 30 years). The fact that passing this bill may create liability for corporations and open them up to ongoing lawsuits is NOT a good reason to dismiss this issue. These companies should be held liable for not paying female employees an equal wage.

In the interim, we'll see more and more women dealing with issues like this one. Because every time the fair pay issue is knocked down in the Senate, it sends a message to employers that it is OK to treat women as second-class citizens, to pay them less, to fire them on the off chance they might become pregnant, and to dismiss serious allegations of discrimination as "hysteria."