[thechat] [ugh]

[Tara Cleveland]

 aardvark wrote:
> overwork and underpay is societal, not governmental (and last I
> checked, the disparity was steadily decreasing).... the government
> doesn't mandate longer hours and lesser wages...

But it often doesn't protect against it either...

Why isn't it part of your constitution - like civil rights are? and like
many other countries?

What ever happened to the ERA (Equal Rights Amendment) that would make women
equal constitutionally?

from <http://www.now.org/issues/economic/cea/who.html>:
Laws to prevent sex discrimination are simply not enough. The bleak reality
is that because hard-won laws against sex discrimination do not rest on a
strong constitutional foundation, they are essentially ephemeral. These
federal laws and regulations contain many loopholes; are inconsistently
interpreted, or worse ‹ ignored; and may be weakened by amendment or
repealed outright.

Hmm?

Tara