77 cent gap gets two pinocchios

2014-04-09T16:35:57+00:00

This 77 cent lie really worries me more than anything else at the moment. I mean... it's not the first time that an interest group spreads blatant lies to stir up hatred against a certain group of people.

jvardrake · 2014-04-09T16:50:19+00:00

The Obama Administration/The Democratic Party knows it's bullshit, too. Honestly, I think this move by Obama/The Democratic Party was incredibly calculating - even more so than just "normal" pandering.

By making this an issue they have:

Automatically gotten a bunch of political return by just bringing it up. Regardless of the fact that it's...NOT TRUE, most Feminists believe this line anyway, and tons of women would like to believe it. Feminists thrive on viewing women as victims.
Basically forced (some of the) media to call them out on their bullshit. In forcing them to do this, it further enhances the feeling of "victimhood" by making it look like "everyone is attacking us".
Allows them (The Democratic Party) to look like defenders of the poor female victims, even when there was no one "attacking" them in the first place - as the whole "77 cents for every male dollar" attack is (again) a total and complete fabrication.

So, basically, the question for Democratic Strategists was, "How do we secure that sweet female vote, by pushing us as 'The Party that Defends Women', when no one in the mainstream is attacking women?", and the answer was, "Let's do something that makes people 'attack' women. Then we can turn this into an 'us vs them' thing."

elebrin · 2014-04-09T22:37:37+00:00

Indeed, BLS data show that women who do not get married have virtually no wage gap; they earn 96 cents for every dollar a man makes.

I have to wonder if this is within their error rate. A 4% difference is pretty small.

DoublespeakAbounds · 2014-04-09T16:25:06+00:00

The "War on Women" campaign is actually a war on men campaign.

Doublespeak abounds, folks.

Treesuz · 2014-04-09T20:42:39+00:00

The media is great, they still throw around the 77 cent idea even when the initial proclaimer retracted their substantiating punchline "for the exact same work". In other news, im glad Republicans have done something right and voted against the bill, but it won't last long.

blamb211 · 2014-04-09T21:31:24+00:00

People have bought into the lie so much. I was talking to a coworker about it the other day, and I brought up that it's a lie, and he VEHEMENTLY denied it, and kinda started getting upset. All I did was try to add in the extra details that prove it's a lie. Love the dude, he's a good friend, just refused to listen.

Nomenimion · 2014-04-09T19:13:02+00:00

Thank Jehovah that people are calling him on it.

MattClark0994 · 2014-04-09T14:12:06+00:00

This is one of the many reasons why I have NO respect for liberals. They know damn well that the "wage gap" is nonsense, yet they keep repeating it. Why?

To win the womens vote. It is extremely misleading and pathetic, but they will continue lying so that they can rally the female vote for their precious elections.

Title	77 cent gap gets two pinocchios
Author	RNAscientist
Upvotes	83
Comments	16
Date	April 9, 2014 11:16 AM UTC (12 years ago)
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