Rabid wombats and delusions of grandeur
The speech by Rep. Will Infantine (R-Manchester) opposing pay equity legislation made national headlines as commentators reacted to his questionable explanation for why men make more money than women. Here are a few of the more colorful responses:
OK, what? How are men’s jobs “riskier?” Does everyone with a penis automatically earn their money by off-roading in the Australian wilderness and wrestling rabid wombats? And for the record, even if that WERE true, I’d want to get in on it. – Anna Breslaw, Cosmopolitan
I don’t know, this dude just looks pretty sad and a lot like his only consolation is his delusion that he is in some way superior to the womenfolk. … Listen, at some point, these people are going to have to derive some semblance of self-worth not related to being magically better than some other group of people because of the way they happened to be born. They need to go to therapy or something to deal with their ridiculous delusions of grandeur, or they’re just going to be miserable forever not being able to understand why other people laugh at their feigned superiority. – Robyn Pennacchia, Death and Taxes
And while there’s no point in making too big a fuss about every random state lawmaker who gets caught saying something dumb about women, there is a larger point to this: Republicans everywhere realized pay equity would be a major topic of debate; they had time to prepare a clear position on the issue; but many GOP officials still don’t know what to say. – Steve Benen, MSNBC
And in the annals of cluelessness, it’ll be hard to top the rep’s claim that men are “more motivated by money than women are.“ Apparently, he’s never seen an episode of “The Real Housewives.” – Jon Keller, WBZ-TV News
Infantine, or infantile? – Allison Geller, Opposing Views