In the United States, women's wages are falling. Men still earn $1 for every 75 cents a woman earns. Most of the unpaid work is done by women.

In a country in which most marriages end in divorce, women often get saddled with all the childcare and the support for their minor children while having less ability to earn wages than men.

Welfare is often the only option for a woman escaping domestic violence. The Bush administrations' "solution" to welfare is to have these same women get married or stay married.

This is a formula for beatings and death.

Republican and Democrats alike have been pushing for single women with children to get back into the workplace---even if it means low paid dead-end jobs while their care of their children, which is not considered work, takes a back seat.

The cheapest solution for the taxpayers is to have these single moms stay home with their kids. And for kids five and under, it is the best option. AS the old saying goes, you can't pay someone to do what a mother will do for free.

Ultimately, the Demos and the Republicans alike do not respect or value women's work ---keeping a house livable, shopping, cooking, laundry, gardening, and childcare. Instead, they see a large, docile, workforce for Walmart and Taco Bell which cannot quit or be fired or they will lose everything.