The Supreme Court Hates Women

AARRRGGGHHH.

The decision came in a case involving a supervisor at a Goodyear Tire plant in Gadsden, Ala., the only woman among 16 men at the same management level, who was paid less than any of her colleagues, including those with less seniority. She learned that fact late in a career of nearly 20 years — too late, according to the Supreme Court’s majority.

The court held on Tuesday that employees may not bring suit under the principal federal anti-discrimination law unless they have filed a formal complaint with a federal agency within 180 days after their pay was set.

That's it, ladies. Officially being a good little girl and giving your employer the benefit of the doubt is going to fuck you over. What you want to be doing now is demanding knowledge of your coworkers salaries from day one, and every time there's a raise or a promotion, and don't forget you want details of their benefits, work experience, transfers, titles, and perks. From here on out, anything that raises even the slightest doubt in your mind, you file suit--no more with the looking for "patterns" of discrimination.

Seriously. Equal pay for equal work? We're still fighting over this? Not the details of what it means, but the simple idea that it's the law? What? The? Fuck?

It's either that or attacking half the supreme court with a fucking baseball bat.