GOP Lawmaker: Women Get Paid Less Because 'Men Are More Motivated'

[DonViejo]

CAITLIN MACNEAL – APRIL 24, 2014, 11:15 AM EDT

A Republican lawmaker from New Hampshire on Wednesday said that women are paid less than men because they don't work as hard or as often, insisting throughout his speech that his argument was legitimate, despite objections from his fellow lawmakers.

"Men, by and large, make more because of some of the things they do," state Rep. Will Infantine (R) said during a speech on a paycheck fairness bill. "Their jobs are, by and large, riskier. They don’t mind working nights and weekends. They don’t mind working overtime or outdoors."

Infantine's colleagues' protested almost immediately, to which he responded that he pulled all of his information from the Bureau of Labor and Statistics.

"This is not me," he said before continuing to explain why women make less.

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[leftyladyfrommo]

1. I was told that men make more because they have families to feed.

That was 1970.

Hasn't changed much.

[Half-Century Man]

2. Infantine of Infantile?

Is he a gay republican? Cause I'm not seeing him scoring any points with a spouse who is female.

[LanternWaste]

3. I'll give them this-- they're acknowledging that the disparity exists

I'll give them this-- they're acknowledging that the disparity exists, regardless of how they may to rationalize its existence. That's actually a step up from their previous denials that a disparity was even present in the first place.

[Coventina]

4. Hey! I just figured out I'm a man!!!!!

I've been working nights, weekends, and overtime my entire adult life!

I guess I just have a very tiny penis.

[Prophet 451]

5. And they actually believe this shit

I swear, I'm coming around to the idea that conservatism is a mental illness.

[3catwoman3]

6. And apparently...

...incurable.