Wyoming lawmaker says women earn less because they're less reliable

[KamaAina]

http://www.newsobserver.com/news/politics-government/article102179772.html

In an interview published Monday with Better Wyoming, Wyoming State Rep. Gerald Gay said women "tend to take every sick day that’s available to them, and that’s a gender thing."

"That’s a fact of life, you know, and it’s the nature of Wyoming’s business and also the nature of gender politics," he said, when asked by the advocacy group if he believed the gender wage gap was real. "Men and women have different ways of going about taking time off — moms for maternity leave and that sort of thing. Women are always going to take their full maternity leave, and there’s the dependability issue about whether they’re going to show up for things."

Gay further pressed the point in an interview with the Casper Star-Tribune, saying women are also inappropriately using sick days for reasons other than illness.

"They take Junior to the hospital or go see Johnny’s soccer game," he told the paper, citing anecdotal evidence from employers who he’s talked to.

Gerald Gay? Shouldn't that be "Gerald Homosexual"?

[pinboy3niner]

1. Such views are all the more stunning when they come from elected officials

Where do they get these guys?

[True_Blue]

2. Wyoming...

Always the first state to light up red on election night. Just watch which state turns red first on election night. It'll be Wyoming.

[democrattotheend]

3. Sickening. Here's his Democratic opponent's ActBlue page if anyone wants to contribute

https://secure.actblue.com/contribute/page/bovee4house36

Here's her campaign site: http://bovee4house36.com/

[LWolf]

4. WTF

Apparently, State Rep. Gay is unaware that men take sick days, take paternity leave when possible, take days off when their kids are sick, and take off to take their kids to the hospital, etc.

If he's a parent, and leaves his wife to manage parenting for him, I feel sorry for her and for her kids.