US Chamber: Equal Pay “a Fetish for Money,” Women Should “Choose the Right Partner at Home”

[WillyT]

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US Chamber: Equal Pay “a Fetish for Money,” Women Should “Choose the Right Partner at Home”
By: Michael Whitney Wednesday August 18, 2010 3:10 pm

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The US Chamber of Commerce has apparently spent too much time watching Mad Men: in a blog post this morning, Chamber blogger Brad Peck called women’s fight for pay equity to be nothing more than a “fetish for money,” and said women complaining about their pay should focus instead on “choosing the right partner at home.” The Chamber’s Peck also approvingly quoted a post that asked, “Should government force gym-man to share his beautiful babes with couch-potato man?”

This is all in a post on the Chamber’s blog called: “Equality, Suffrage, and a Fetish for Money.” You can’t make it up.

The Chamber’s Peck first decided to put the terms “full equality” and “pay gap” in scare quotes, which should be enough for one to tell that the Chamber isn’t serious about rights at work for women. But Peck was just getting started. He goes on to inform women that their desires for “pay and promotions” isn’t a big deal, because there are many other “values” to consider for working women.

…I believe that the overall tone is one of those cultural changes we need to make — the idea that giving up “pay and promotions” is a “terribly steep price” to pay for time away from work. These are only two of the many things that people value and depending on the weight that you assign to each of your values giving up a little might gain you a lot. Equality is a matter of ensuring equal access to opportunity, not ensuring identical outcomes in some areas depending on which opportunities you choose to take.

And...

UPDATE: In case you were wondering if this was a one-off incident, rest assured: the US Chamber of Commerce really hates women.

* 1977: US Chamber opposes amendment to Civil Rights Act that would ban discrimination against pregnant women.

* 1978: US Chamber says pregnancy is a “voluntary” condition in its opposition to Pregnancy Discrimination Act.

* 1987: Family Medical Leave Act “sets a dangerous precedent,” according to the US Chamber.

* 1998: US Chamber opposes Equal Pay Act because “work experience does tend to create greater wage gaps.”

* 2007: US Chamber opposes Lilly Ledbetter’s court case for equal pay because “tear-stained testimony” prejudices against a defendant. Opposed the bill in Congress to right the wrongs against Ledbetter in 2008 and 2009 as well.

* 2007: Chamber official pledges “all out war” against Family Medical Leave Act, and in 2010 made it a “priority” to fight in Congress.

* Monday: US Chamber again cites pregnancy as a “voluntary choice.”

Brad Peck isn’t just speaking out of his ass here. He’s continuing a decades-long tradition at the US Chamber of Commerce of hating women and opposing any effort to gain equal ground.

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More: http://workinprogress.firedoglake.com/2010/08/18/us-chamber-equal-pay-a-fetish-for-money-women-should-choose-the-right-partner-at-home/

:wtf:

[ensho]

1. misogyny is alive and well

chauvinist pig

[WillyT]

3. And Heading The Business Community Too...

:shrug:

[Starry Messenger]

2. I believe this cartoon would be appropriate here:

[WillyT]

6. Excellent... Thank You For That !!!

:hi:

[nashville_brook]

34. that is going straight on my fridge!

[marmar]

4. Yeah, and the freaks at the U.S. Chamber aren't "money fetishists", right?

Unreal. These people make me ill.

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

5. The CoC would say that.

Not to mention Peck.

[TheKentuckian]

7. The Chamber of Commerce should be destroyed as an enemy of the people

[mmonk]

8. Wow. Worthy of a subject post on my blog.

Great find.

[WillyT]

9. Found It Through Here:

Link: http://openleft.com/diary/19877/conservatism-decoded-behind-the-chamber-of-commerce-attack-on-gender-pay-equity-this-week

:hi:

[mmonk]

12. Very good.

:hi:

[Jack Rabbit]

10. The USCoC does not hate women

They like them barefoot and pregnant.

[Orsino]

31. They'd love to own as many as possible. n/t.

[Angry Dragon]

11. "US Chamber again cites pregnancy as a “voluntary choice.”"

If that is the case then they are really saying that they are in favor of the woman's right to choose. So they are in favor of abortion, birth control and anything that falls in that area.

They are saying that women have the choice to be pregnant or not and anything that goes with that. If anyone interfers with that choice then pregnancy is not voluntary.

[snot]

15. More: it ignores the fact that men have the option of having children w/o enduring pregnancy.

[snot]

16. K&R'd!

[NC_Nurse]

13. Dontcha love the projection? Money fetishists? WTF? How come it's ok

For these Assholes to be greedy fucks, but a woman who wants equal pay is "fetishizing" money?

Unbelievable.

[WolverineDG]

14. Uppity wimmins strike back

:rofl:

http://www.chamberpost.com/2010/08/a-wrong-and-wrongheaded-look-at-the-wage-gap.html

the comments are a riot.

dg

[Demeter]

17. The Chamber Pot of Commerce

is full of shit.

[4lbs]

18. I'd bet the U.S. CoC wishes they had their own Flux-capacitored DeLorean so they could go back to

1955.

[whatchamacallit]

19. Douchebaggery of the highest order

It's the way they don't even try to hide it anymore, that has me believing the empire is crumbling.

[philly_bob]

20. Ridiculous. Look for more corporate defections from Chamber of Commerce.

Like gay-baiting, this type of misogyny continues to live in a small but decreasing group, aging but still powerful.

Women in business I know read this and think: "Fist of Death" -- reference to Dilbert cartoon.

[lunatica]

21. Do they really think they're going to get what they want?

Yeah, sure, take my shoes and impregnate me and lock me up in the kitchen. Deep down I know that's where I belong.

:sarcasm: just because someone will surely think I'm serious

[Greyhound]

27. The really sad/scary part is that, yes, they do.

They have had whatever they wanted for generations and they own all the houses, White as well as legislative and judicial. Now the final facade of restraint has been removed and they know there is nothing left to slow them down, let alone stop them.

[txlibdem]

22. The chamber is only one weapon

The arsenal that is being used against us in this class warfare is very well armed and organized.

Corporate owned media.
Corporate owned Politicians.
Corporate owned elections.

When do we wise up and start fighting back?

[seabeyond]

35. +1. or just pretend all is better. nt

[Dappleganger]

23. Well I certainly chose the wrong partner...

Dude keeps being laid off and his pay keeps going down. Dammit, I should've picked a Sugar Daddy!

:sarcasm: :sarcasm: :sarcasm:

[Warren Stupidity]

24. I thought money fetish was what the CoC was all about.

very confused.

[WillyT]

25. Kick !!!

:kick:

[kenny blankenship]

26. Yeah, workers shouldn't care all that much about the money they get paid, after all

money is not that important to the people they work for.

[hvn_nbr_2]

28. The U.S. Chamber of Money Fetishism says someone else has a money fetish?

:wtf:

They really are :crazy:

[havocmom]

29. Workers are supposed to value hard work, dedication and loyalty to the boss

Trying to make ends meet is a distraction which inhibits their willingness to be exploited and abused. They MUST stop obsessing about their paychecks and focus on making sure the bosses live like kings.

:sarcasm: <--- for the irony impaired

[txlibdem]

41. +1000 Million

The rich have been fighting a class warfare against the rest of us for decades. They will stop at nothing to destroy the middle class and turn this country into the plutocracy they want it to be. We can veg in front of the cluster faux news or we can start to prepare for what I like to call Judgment Day for the rich.

Jail the thieves and murderers (how do you think they got rich?). It's either us in slavery or them in jail. Pick one.

[SidDithers]

30. They're idiots...

But what would you expect from a business lobby group.

From wiki:
The United States Chamber of Commerce (USCC) is the world's largest not-for-profit lobbying group, representing many businesses and associations across the United States of America. It is not an agency of the United States government.

Sid

[Brickbat]

32. The National Chamber of Commerce has worked hard to overturn and undermine the progress of workers

for years. Can't stand 'em.

[pepperbear]

33. This is where we're headed if these people come to power......

[seabeyond]

36. no, she is dressed too nicely. she needs to be dressed like a

w**** for all men. that is our role today. maybe not so much in the kitchen, but w**** for all males.

[txlibdem]

40. Brown roots

carpet =\= drapes

[EstimatedProphet]

37. The Chamber of Commerce has always been a Republican front

It cloaks itself in seriousness to hide that fact.

[chrisa]

38. WTF?

:wtf:

[mike r]

39. Famous fetishists: