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A Friend Of Mine Was Married To An Assistant Church Pastor Who Regularly Beat Her Up. He Was Smart ?- He'd Do It In A Way That The Bruises Didn't Show. For The Longest Time, She Dealt With It. Who Would Believe The Minister Was A Wife Beater?! Meanwhile, My Friend ? - An Attorney! ? - Suffered In Silence.

You See We're A Country That Talks About Family Values. But We Haven't Passed Anything To Help Family Values Since The Family And Medical Leave Act. And The Family And Medical Leave Act Was One Of The First Things I Voted On When I Came To Congress. It Was Very Thrilling To Me, Because When My First Child Was Born, I Was Terrified Of Being Fired. When My Second Child Was Born, I Was A Member Of The City Council, And In Some Ways It Was Easier To Respond To 250 Constituents Than It Was To Respond To One Employer.

The Original Feminists Wanted Two Things. They Wanted The Right To Vote, From Which We Could Work To Get More Equality. And We Have Made Progress. We Did Pass The Anti-discrimination Law, Title 7, Title 9, Equality In The Workplace, Equality In Education And In Sports And In All These Other Areas. But Enforcement Is Very Hard. Changing Stereotypes Is Very Hard.

Nine Out Of Ten Adult Americans Have A Checking Account. It's The Most Widely Used Financial Services Product In The United States.

My Idea Is That We've Worked So Many Years For Equality, But The Only Area Where We've Achieved Equality, With Men, Is In Job Loss. We Are Still 77 Cents To The Dollar.