Conservatives are always being characterized as an anti-women party; however, no one questions liberals. This “War on Women” is not being waged by conservatives but is instead a ploy used by the liberals in order to de-legitimize the conservative movement.
One instance of liberals’ demonizing the conservatives occurred when the Blunt Amendment was trying to pass through Congress. Bernie Sanders, the liberal senator of Vermont, said that the Blunt Amendment was a horrendous act; he also said, “We are not going back to the days when women could not have full access to birth control.” Very harsh words for an amendment that does not completely limit birth control to women. Instead, the amendment allows insurance companies and employers to refuse birth control based on moral obligations. Even with this limit, birth control is very cheap and can be found at Wal-Mart for around $5.
Another example of this made-up “War on Women” is the attacks conservative congressmen received for trying to defund Planned Parenthood. This organization is the largest abortion provider in the country and is funded by taxpayer money. According to the Hyde Amendment, federal funds are prohibited from being used to fund abortions.
For no legitimate reason, the left is attacking even conservative women. Ann Romney was heckled and ridiculed for being a stay at home mom; some on the left believed that being a stay at home mom is not respectable. Hilary Rosen, a democratic political pundit who appears on Bill Maher’s show “Real Time,” attacked Romney by saying “His [Mitt Romney’s] wife has actually never worked a day in her life. She’s never really dealt with the kinds of economic issues that a majority of the women in this country are facing in terms of how do we feed our kids, how do we send them to school, and how do we – why we worry about their future.” This is a direct insult to stay at home moms everywhere; not one liberal came out against Hilary Rosen to say that what was said was wrong. Stay at home moms play a very important role in America and do understand the problems of the country.
Lastly, the president himself has attacked conservative women; ironically, his own administration is not treating women fairly. On average, female staffers make 13 percent less in salary than their male counterparts in the administration; women make about $62,000 while men make $71,000. The liberals are not holding their leader to any standards because they are letting the president get away with unequal pay. Twenty of the highest-paid staff members within the administration make $172,200 and only six of them were women. A few liberals are mentioning this problem about the president and one of them is former press secretary Dee Dee Myers. She was quoted as saying, “Women are Obama’s base, and they don’t seem to have enough people who look like the base inside of their own inner circle.” Where is the outrage over the pay gap within the administration?
The “War on Women” that is being conducted by the right is not occurring. Conservatives and the Republican party are not out to destroy women’s rights. Liberals have conjured up a false “War on Women” in an attempt to de-legitimize the conservative movement. Demonizing women because they are conservative or because they are stay at home moms is an attack on women. Attacking women who stay at home is offensive, but letting the president skate by on unequal pay just shows the hypocrisy that exists within the liberal media.