Sure seems quiet today

I saw today where a huge number of teachers didn’t come in. So I guess, the teachers that identify as female felt compelled to protest the inequality of women. Sounds to me like the teacher’s union must not being doing their job to extort equality, they should be protesting union dues.

Also, I heard the news report that the teachers identifying as female comprised 73% of all teachers. It sounds like the repressed minority of 27% male teachers should be demanding a female teacher hiring freeze, for equality’s sake.

If women have it so bad why not just claim to be a man and get more money?

Nothing appeared different where I work. I had no idea this was going on until I read it here.

I have no idea what the objective of this 'silent' march was; nor did I know anyone involved. To me, it smacks of a hammer looking for a nail.

...and I made sure my hubby had his sammie ready for him to take to work. :)

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Originally Posted by TheGrey

I have no idea what the objective of this 'silent' arch was; nor did I know anyone involved. To me, it smacks of a hammer looking for a nail.

...and I made sure my hubby had his sammie ready for him to take to work. :)

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You sound like a 'team player' to me. Not a thing wrong with that. [Awesom]

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Originally Posted by Ronin13

Isn't that usually one, maybe two, Sundays a month? Ya know, when there is no yard work or honey-dos?

My wife went to work today- all the women that I work with showed up today... Wonder how many FTAs they had in court today...

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Wait.... a weekend without a honey-do list? What's that?

I have had something on the list consistently since we closed on the house in November. Still have PLENTY to do if you're bored. Haha

All other things being equal (background, education, ability, experience...), I do believe that women deserve equal pay for equal work. Do I believe this isn't always the case? Yes, and I believe in those cases it should he corrected. I also recognize that a 24 yo woman with a bachelors and 2 years experience shouldn't expect the same pay as a male with the same level of degree and 10 years of experience.

I went without lunch today. My wife didn't make me anything and there is no dinner prepared yet. Of course, when I have a lunch to take, I always make it myself and prepare dinner about 3/4 of the time. I also do my own laundry and do the dishes about 50% of the time (even when I don't do the dishes I ensure my items are well rinsed). Sure, I hate vacuuming and general household cleaning, but I am the toilet cleaner in our home 100% of the time (mostly because I'm the one fouling them the most).

Both my wife and I work outside of the home. While I account for about 75% of our annual income, we both contribute and I believe it should be the same at home. I know there are still lots of households where the woman is expected to take care of the home, imcluding meals, but this is becoming less common.

What I'm getting at is while there is still some inequality towards women, it's more of the exception than the norn these days. I believe TheGrey is correct that these protests are more of a hammer looking for a nail than the other way around. Equality doesn't mean getting the same as someone else without putting forth the same effort. So instead of protesting and crying for equality these women need to follow the 80% (estimated) of women who aren't protesting and go earn it.

ETA: I failed to mention that I do all of the yard work,and home & auto maintenance. This helps equal out some of my lack of vacuuming & dusting.

ETAA: My wife disagreed that I cook 75% of the evening meals. She is now eating a 2 egg omlet with cheese, green pepper and onion, and avacado on the side (her choice of meal). I prepared hers first, mine is still cooking. Anyone see the irony? For the record, we eat dinner late a couple of times a week as she doesn't get home from work until almost 9pm. Gawd I love marriage.

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Originally Posted by davsel

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I thought that shit was fake..... NOPE

https://mobile.twitter.com/womensmar...26756856000512

Wow

I always just assumed that women were paid the same, but I know of several instances where women were not paid the same while doing the same job, with the same, and sometimes even more skill set/experience. That was the case when I was a young adjuster. Everyone was buddy buddy and how much we were each paid was never a secret for long. A lot of the women threw a fit when they found out they were making less than the guys. Especially the ones that were bi-lingual (white, college educated). I think it's more rampant than men assume.

I didn't know today was a thing, and am not making a comment on that part of it, because I honestly don't care and view this much like people on MySpace back in the day spreading the word to "don't buy gas on Tuesday, that'll show 'em!!!" Just pointing out that I always assumed people were paid the same (especially in entry level positions) until I found out that they weren't.

Shit, I do 90% of the cooking in our house...and I love it. I also do 100% of the oil changes and vehicle maint. & repairs, house repairs, wood cutting/splitting/hauling/stacking, trash hauling to the dump, gardening, bird care, etc. Oh yeah, I open lots of jars too.

I'm not sure what these "protests" were for either. Just another "look at me! I'm important!" attempt?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QcDrE5YvqTs
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