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Heres the thing about Mike Pence: Hes awful. And hes particularly awful for women. Weve been over this before, but lets just take a quick look at his track record, shall we? Just in case youve forgotten about the awfulness.

And thats only a partial list of his abhorrentview of and effect onwomen. So how does it make anykind of sense that Pence will be receiving a Working for Women award thisweek? What kind of womens organization would possibly give this man an award? Oh, unless its a prank. Is it a prank? SomethingCarrie-esque, maybe?

Nope, unfortunately its not a prank. Its the Independent Womens Forum. If youre wondering what kind of group that is, know that Kellyanne Conway is on the board. (Though shes on a temporary leave of absence.) Suddenly thatmakes a lot more sense, right?

The groups mission is to improve the lives of Americans by increasing the number of women who value free markets and personal liberty.Members have written articles arguing that, for example, A Day Without a Woman is a defamation of men and that kids television programming striving to stay relevant by embracing social issues is damaging kids.They believe government intrusion can lead to less economic opportunity for women and celebrate modern feminists like Margaret Thatcher?

As for the Working for Women honor,

The award recognizes an individual who values free markets, works to create a more dynamic and innovative work world, and celebrates the valuable contributions women make to society.

Free markets over free choice? (Because for some reason we cant have both?) Sure. As long as you ignore that whole personal liberty part of their mission statement, that sounds like Mike Pence, I guess.

(via NY Mag, image via Shutterstock)

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