Equal Pay for Equal Work!

What do you think about this: "April 28 symbolized the day in 2009 when the average woman's wage will finally catch up with those paid to the average man in 2008. In the U.S. women are paid only 78¢ on average for every dollar paid to men."

At least we're only 1 year behind now?? President Obama mentioned the recent Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act in his 100 days speech today. It's progress and I'm glad, but is this seriously still an issue? Equal Pay Day is "designated every April on a Tuesday as a reminder that Tuesday is the day on which women’s wages catch up to men’s wages from the preceding week. On average, female workers have to put in more than six days of paid work to earn what men earn in five."

And let's not even get into the childbearing wage penalty (last I heard it was around 7% per child?) and the economic consequences of the "mommy track." Someone needs to create a business using the feminist model, stat...