Women apparently still don't like the GOP's war on women.

[kentonio]

Women Don't Think The GOP Cares About Them, Internal Report Confirms

A new internal Republican report confirmed that women are not fans of the GOP, and Republicans have more work to do if they want the female vote.

The report, which was obtained by Politico, found that although Republicans have tried to improve outreach to female voters, women still believe the party is "stuck in the past" and "intolerant." Forty-nine percent of women polled for the report looked on the GOP unfavorably. Only 39 percent felt that way about the Democratic Party.

The study was commissioned by two conservative groups: Karl Rove's Crossroads GPS and the American Action Network.

It offered a stark picture of how women view the Republican Party as a whole. Women are "barely receptive" to the party's policy proposals, the report said, in part because Republicans "fail to speak to women in the different circumstances in which they live."

The report drew its conclusions from focus group discussions and a poll of 800 registered women voters. In top issue areas, such as health care, the economy and education, the poll found that Democrats held a huge advantage. For example, when considering which side "wants to make health care more affordable," the women surveyed chose the Democratic Party by a 39 percent margin. They also said that a policy of equal pay for equal work would "help women the most."

To make electoral gains in 2014 and 2016, the report suggested that the GOP soften its opposition to legislation supporting pay equity. The party should also tackle economic issues like gender bias in the workplace, the report said. Given that abortion can be a wedge issue among women, the report recommended that the party "deal honestly with any disagreement on abortion, then move to other issues."

The GOP has tried to make women a priority since 2012, when female voters chose President Barack Obama over Mitt Romney 56 percent to 44 percent. Republicans created political action committees dedicated to female voters and female candidates. However, they have not found an effective way to engage women on equal pay issues.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/0...n_5726044.html

Pesky women, wanting equal pay and all that malarkey!

[Sava]

"fail to speak to women in the different circumstances in which they live."

They aren't going to help themselves until they face reality.

[Ben Kenobi]

Thank goodness we have 'robust conservative' Kentonio to advocate for the GOP becoming more like Democrats.

The real question is this - should a woman's vote be more important than a man's vote? One could just as much argue that the Democrat party is uninterested in Men's votes given their gap.

[Kidlicious]

I hate you. Give me free stuff.

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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/0...n_5726044.html

Pesky women, wanting equal pay and all that malarkey!

What do you mean by "equal pay" and how would the Democrats bring it about?

[DinoDoc]

"An Analysis of Reasons for the Disparity in Wages Between Men and Women" prepared, under contract, for the U.S. Department of Labor in 1/09:
"This study leads to the unambiguous conclusion that the differences in the compensation of men and women are the result of a multitude of factors and that the raw wage gap should not be used as the basis to justify corrective action. Indeed, there may be nothing to correct. The differences in raw wages may be almost entirely the result of the individual choices being made by both male and female workers."

It appears to be an appealing talking point with little basis in actual fact.

[Ben Kenobi]

Why else would Kentonio post it unless it was to facilitate the GOP moving leftward? He's a self professed 'robust conservative'.

[Imran Siddiqui]

"An Analysis of Reasons for the Disparity in Wages Between Men and Women" prepared, under contract, for the U.S. Department of Labor in 1/09:
"This study leads to the unambiguous conclusion that the differences in the compensation of men and women are the result of a multitude of factors and that the raw wage gap should not be used as the basis to justify corrective action. Indeed, there may be nothing to correct. The differences in raw wages may be almost entirely the result of the individual choices being made by both male and female workers."

It appears to be an appealing talking point with little basis in actual fact.

If you want to make your point, you should likely quote the company doing the analysis, instead of quoting the summary by the Deputy Assistant Secretary appointed by the Bush Administration.

This is what you wanted to quote:

Extant economic research has identified numerous factors that contribute to the gender wage gap.
Many of the factors relate to differences in the choices and behavior of women and men in balancing
their work, personal, and family lives. These factors include, most notably, the occupations and
industries in which they work, and their human capital development, work experience, career
interruptions, and motherhood. Other factors are sources of wage adjustments that compensate specific
groups of workers for benefits or duties that disproportionately impact them. Such factors for which
empirical evidence has been developed include health insurance, other fringe benefits, and overtime
work.

It is not possible to produce a reliable quantitative estimate of the aggregate portion of the raw gender
wage gap for which the explanatory factors that have been identified account. Nevertheless, it can
confidently be concluded that, collectively, those factors account for a major portion and, possibly,
almost all of the raw gender wage gap.

[Jon Miller]

"An Analysis of Reasons for the Disparity in Wages Between Men and Women" prepared, under contract, for the U.S. Department of Labor in 1/09:
"This study leads to the unambiguous conclusion that the differences in the compensation of men and women are the result of a multitude of factors and that the raw wage gap should not be used as the basis to justify corrective action. Indeed, there may be nothing to correct. The differences in raw wages may be almost entirely the result of the individual choices being made by both male and female workers."

It appears to be an appealing talking point with little basis in actual fact.

The main source relates to maternity leave/etc which is somewhere where the US is the worse in the world.

JM

[Kidlicious]

One intrtesting point is that gen y women feel they are discriminated against more than women from other generations, but there is no statistical evidence for that discrimination.

[N35t0r]

Yeah. Slaves nowadays also feel they are discriminated more than slaves in 100 BC, with no statistical evidence either. The slackers.

[Sava]

It appears to be an appealing talking point with little basis in actual fact.

^^
This is a sad and already been proven wrong right wing talking point.

Are you an equal pay truther now?

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One intrtesting point is that gen y women feel they are discriminated against more than women from other generations, but there is no statistical evidence for that discrimination.

Do you have any statistical evidence that "gen y women" are more likely to say they're discriminated against?

[Hauldren Collider]

^^
This is a sad and already been proven wrong right wing talking point.

Are you an equal pay truther now?

I seem to recall it being proven true, many times. We covered it at one point in one of my stats classes. It's total bull****.

[DaShi]

Great, maybe now you can actually make an argument on something.