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This Wednesday: Feminists, We’re Calling You

July 4th, 2007 by Progressive Wednesday

Problem:

I’m a fan of women. I gestated in a pretty damned nice one. I’ve got a kick-butt-and-take-names one for a sibling. I’m attracted to some of them. Some of them are attracted, understandably of course, to me.

But none of that’s a problem. Here’s the problem: women are still treated as lesser citizens in our country. Need proof? Then, as always, it’s some simple proof you get. We think three facts should do the trick.

According to statistics compiled by RAINN, “one in six American women are victims of sexual assault.”
Of the 535 members in the 109th Congress, only 82 of them are women. What makes this all the worse? As of November 1, 2006, there are 152 million women in American; there are 148 million men.
This one comes to us courtesy of the U.S. Census Bureau: in 2004, “the ratio of female-to-male earnings for full-time, year-round workers was 77 cents on the dollar.”

Make Progress:

If it’s not crystal clear, we can’t tackle this issue on just one Wednesday. What you’ll find below, well, let’s call it “a good start,” let’s call it “the least we can do,” let’s call it “what’s just, and right, and fair, damn it.”