Gingrich Says In 15 Years We'll All Be Wondering About Male Inequality

[tomtomvader]

thank god soneone showed some common sense in face of the ridiculouse statement she made. She made it without any context whatsoever (men work longer, commute linger for the better pay, take greater risks, etc...), and it doesnt even apply to her/my generation!!!

[the1tigglet]

The only male inequality that's occurring right now is with the child support system, fathers are ostracized and treated as ATM machines with that system but that's only because congress failed to address it properly and didn't limit the powers of the dept of family services nationally. However, just like every other repiggie, he's putting this out there to distract us from his $1.6 Freddie Mac payoff.

[bilosuks0909]

@the1tigglet Title IX ruining mens sports programs thanks to its proportionality requirement, the constant expansion of rape laws that discriminate against men (The april 4th directive lowers the standard of proof required to convict down to anything above 50%), the sentencing disparity, unfair DV laws, unequal college attendance, health care disparity (women have 10 national health offices dedicated to them).

Yea obviously its only family court tho. You people are highly misinformed.

[130hc]

Male inequality,I thought he was a Proctologist.

[exsinor]

No Newt, your analysis is about a generation old. Your logic is pulled from the anal cavity.

[32whatsup]

His answer makes perfect sense...the $0.77 for every dollar is only true because in the older generation, not as many women went to college.

**IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH DISCRIMINATION WHATSOEVER**

We ought to be talking about Newt's support for Cap and Trade, support for health care mandates, support for TARP, and $1.6mil lobbying money from Freddie Mac.

[sadius24]

@32whatsup Bullshit. That 77c statistic is controlled for education levels and a host of other socio-economic variables. Your going to have to try much harder to rationalise your privileged position.

[32whatsup]

@sadius24 Tell me, in what workplace in America do they have men and women working side-by-side with women earning 77% of men doing the same job? We have these equal pay laws in place, so it's nearly impossible to get away with that. One important factor that you're not accounting for is the fact that many women take time off for childbearing and so do not advance as far in their careers. Think about the jobs women are interested in...ex. teaching. And then men...business, CEOs.

[sadius24]

@32whatsup You're asking for an anecdote. Anecdotes aren't evidence of anything, especially at a societal level. Also, the 77% pay disparity is what remains after controling for all the variables (job description, work experience, etc.) you mention. The raw disparity is much wider than that. Seriously man, you're misunderstanding the issue and should at least look at a wikipedia article or something before forming an opinion. For what it's worth, that's not intended to be insulting.

[32whatsup]

@sadius24 I was only asking you to put your theory in context, because it loses its sensibility when you do so. the 77% is not as corrected as you think it is...some jobs with high educational credentials end up with low pay (i.e teachers). Business majors have a similar education level, but get paid more. Men have an inherent preference for money and long hours, while women value time and often want to be with their kids (teaching allows this). If you still disagree: watch?v=ArKVUt4fBfQ

[manmadesounds]

Yeah whatever

[chronDiggity]

Wait a second, wtf.  Can we get a clip of his entire answer please?

[elviolette]

No real man could ever believe that. Newt's testicles must be ----> . . <----- this big.

[bilosuks0909]

@elviolette yea we should just ignore male inequality and only focus on the womens like we have been doing for the past 50 years.

Seriously a simple google search will reveal which gender really has it 'worse'.