Supreme Court Tells Women to Bend Over

Listen up girls, the Supremes have made it official-- being nice is not really the way to go. I may have to burn my bra.

If you’ve been working a while, and get a sense there may be some disparity in the way you are being treated or paid --don't give the blokes the benefit of the doubt--you have to trot down and file a discrimination claim. Otherwise you be fucked.

The Supreme Court has ruled if there is a disparity in the amount women and the guys are being paid they must file a claim within one hundred and eighty days or the claim is lost forever.

So I guess it is best you go around and ask all of your fellow employees for copies of their pay stubs. But if you've been working at the same place for a while, and never bothered to make this typical request, too bad . Just bend over. Oh that’s right--you're already in that ladylike position.

It would be fun to turn the tables:



Think Scalia would like that?

Many federal courts had taken the common sense approach the 180 day claim period in the law started anew at each pay period. But not the top court.

The issue arose out of the claim of a woman who for twenty years was a supervisor in a Goodyear plant. She was the only female among a group of 16 management level employees. Because she was not snoopy, and did not want to file a legal claim just cos she thought Goodyear might be screwing her over, the claim is lost forever. And that sucks cos she has been underpaid the whole time she was employed there.

So no more being a nice girl and holding out waiting to see if there is a pattern of discrimination or any type of concrete proof. Maybe, since it is the rule women are generally not paid fairly and equally, they should just automatically file a claim each pay period.

Everyone is always, rightly, decrying frivolous lawsuits. But what can you do when judges persist in being boneheads?

This is also sexist BS. Its the usual thing of "show me the exact moment you were discriminated against.” And then, in the absence of a defining moment like a chase around the office desk, the boys come back "you women--just always want to bitch and moan."

I best remove my panties now.



They’re thoroughly knotted up.