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From http://peninsuladailynews.com/article/20081017/news/310179995

In addition, the congressman[Norm Dicks] renewed his pledges to support public projects to repair infrastructure, to mandate public campaign financing, and to require pay parity for female employees.

Cloud[challenger], though, got the most audience reaction when, on the equal pay issue, he said, "Women are different from men. ... Men are useless if they do not have a paycheck. Women are not."

Follow that to its logical conclusion. A woman does not need to be paid the same as a man because... because why? Because she has other value. Like what? A woman shouldn't be paid equally because she is supposed to be providing access to her body to a man for money?

So are you talking about a) requiring women to get married by law or b) legalizing prostitution?

My intrinsic value has nothing to do with it, any more than does a man's. The value of a person has nothing to do with the expenses of living.

First of all, I disagree with your premise that my plumbing is some how of more intrinsic 'value' than a man's. Being a feminist, I believe that we're /equal/. I also note that value that can't be converted to cash isn't actually value at all, and by that standard, your 'value' is a blatant lie, since women are verifiably less valued - paid less - in our society than men.

Second, even if that premise was somehow accurate, if I can't convert it to money, I can't pay my rent. I can't buy gas. I can't go to college. So any non-monetized 'value' is entirely irrelevant in terms of cash value of my labor.

You fail, plz try again.

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Also, I add to this: Legalizing prostitution isn't a good thing in my opinion from a feminist perspective because most legalized prostitution schemes in practice protect the /johns/ and the /pimps/, not the women.