Todd Akin: Employers Should Be Allowed To Pay Women Less Than Men Because Of 'Freedom'

[moonbladem]

Rep. Todd Akin (R-Mo.), the Senate candidate that drew criticism in August after making the inaccurate claim that the victims of "legitimate rape" can force their bodies to avoid pregnancy, also believes it's fair for employers to pay women less than men

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[lovedforaday]

Could use the Missouri tag.

He's been saying this type of shit for years.

[dagnirovanaliel]

The prospect of having both him and Blunt in the Senate terrifies me.

[tabaqui]

Blunt needs to just fuck off.

[moonbladem]

I was going to add the 'missouri' tag but clicked on the 'mississippi' tag by mistake. I realized it a couple of minutes later, then unclicked 'mississippi' and clicked on 'missouri' but somehow, the 'mississippi' tag is still there. Maybe a mod can help me fix that? I've tried a few times already and it's still there. I'm sorry.

[justagimmick]

this man is such a ass.

[13oct]

Is this guy for real? And he's still leading despite everything?!

[lickety_split]

There's no doubt in my mind that he's dead serious. And a lot of men agree with him, even the supposedly liberal ones.

They're usually the same people who think teachers deserve what they get paid because most of them are women they get to go home at 3 (damn, sign me up for THAT school district please) and get to take the same breaks as the kids.

[kitanabychoice]

Teachers don't get paid during summer break and have to usually get secondary jobs to cover, right?

[tigerdreams]

I think at least some districts offer teachers the option of spreading out their salary across the whole year, to cover the months when school isn't in session. I could be wrong on that, though, as I have no actual experience with this.

Even so, it'd mean they got paid less each month than if they were only paid during the time school was in session.

[ghost_busting]

Go fuck yourself.

[fightingwords]

Stealing.

[shortsweetcynic]

oh skyler. <3

[mollywobbles867]

I've only seen the first two episodes of this show so far, but I love her already.

[ferlingmule]

People like him keep making it easier and easier to not vote Repub.

[carmy_w]

Yes, this! Keep on spouting that BS, Akin!