To: Cautious_Optimist who wrote (87740 ) 4/28/2012 4:31:49 PM From: longnshort Respond to Hostile Workplace annual report on White House staff, female employees earned a median annual salary of $60,000, which was about 18 percent less than the median salary for male employees ($71,000).lashed out at presumptive GOP nominee Mitt Romney for his failure to immediately endorse the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Restoration Act, a controversial law enacted in 2009 that made it easier to file discrimination lawsuits.statement . “And with so many families depending on women’s wages, it hurts the American economy as a whole.”war on women ,” and have touted themselves as champions of female equality. Obama’s rhetoric, however, has not always been supported by his actions .long past the time ” for women to be admitted to the traditionally all-male Augusta National Golf Club, site of the Masters golf tournament.demonstrated a strong preference for all-male foursomes in his frequent golf outings, a bias that extends well beyond the putting green and into the Oval Office.told the New York Times .The White House Boys’ Club: President Obama Has a Woman Problem ,” TIME magazine’s Amy Sullivan detailed the president’s fondness for male-dominated environments.criticized for paying the women on his campaign staff less than the men, and far less than GOP opponent John McCain paid his female staffers.
