Unregulated gun rights are said to be protected constitutional rights for white men.
Basic rights for women, however, remain unprotected constitutionally.
Congress passed this and a bunch of states ratified it, though Phyllis Schlafly mobilized the religious right and brought things to a halt in 1977 or so, well before the 1982 deadline.
Yes, this podcast again! Unladylike, Episode 20 is awesome.
Know your rights... Like the song, but know that you have none.... https://unladylike.co/episodes/020/equal-rights-amendment
This is a very good look at the Equal Rights Amendment - link above. Don't miss it. It has RBG talking about why it's necessary.
Women feel more empowered and there are more laws than there used to be, but our rights are not secured as long as the ERA is OUT.
The women who do this show have really perfect imagery for this. Two quotes from the episode. Not edited for perfection, but I think I got most of it.
I love this analogy. They just keep it rolling throughout.
All kinds of resources on the ERA:
https://www.equalrightsamendment.org
This was on the Google search page for the Alice Paul Institute site above, but I couldn't really find it on the website so this is a summary that may or may not be on the new site:
"The ERA in the States. The Equal Rights Amendment was passed by Congress on March 22, 1972 and sent to the states for ratification. In order to be added to the Constitution, it needed approval by legislatures in three-fourths (38) of the 50 states. By 1977, the legislatures of 35 states had approved the amendment."
Two states - Nevada and Illinois ratified it within the past two years, reigniting the fight for officially recognized rights for women:
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-44319712
Thirteen mostly southern states haven't ratified and several stated rescinded, complicating the issue. The 1982 deadline has some dismissing the ERA, but this article mentions the 27th amendment about salaries for Congress that wasn't ratified until 100 years later, so there's a good argument for ignoring the deadline.
Basic rights for women, however, remain unprotected constitutionally.
Congress passed this and a bunch of states ratified it, though Phyllis Schlafly mobilized the religious right and brought things to a halt in 1977 or so, well before the 1982 deadline.
Yes, this podcast again! Unladylike, Episode 20 is awesome.
Know your rights... Like the song, but know that you have none.... https://unladylike.co/episodes/020/equal-rights-amendment
This is a very good look at the Equal Rights Amendment - link above. Don't miss it. It has RBG talking about why it's necessary.
Women feel more empowered and there are more laws than there used to be, but our rights are not secured as long as the ERA is OUT.
The women who do this show have really perfect imagery for this. Two quotes from the episode. Not edited for perfection, but I think I got most of it.
"Think of the ERA as an IUD for your rights. As Dr. Ruth describes, an ERA safely inserted into the Constitution would provide effective long lasting protection from unplanned politics."
I love this analogy. They just keep it rolling throughout.
"Existing laws that we have - the Violence Against Women Act, the Pregnancy Discrimination Act, the Equal Pay Act - they're basically the equivalent of condoms. When used properly and consistently, they work pretty well. They're definitely better than nothing. But also like condoms, those laws often aren't applied uniformly, if at all and that can leave us vulnerable to changing political attitudes in a way that getting that Constitutional IUD just wouldn't."
All kinds of resources on the ERA:
https://www.equalrightsamendment.org
This was on the Google search page for the Alice Paul Institute site above, but I couldn't really find it on the website so this is a summary that may or may not be on the new site:
"The ERA in the States. The Equal Rights Amendment was passed by Congress on March 22, 1972 and sent to the states for ratification. In order to be added to the Constitution, it needed approval by legislatures in three-fourths (38) of the 50 states. By 1977, the legislatures of 35 states had approved the amendment."
Two states - Nevada and Illinois ratified it within the past two years, reigniting the fight for officially recognized rights for women:
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-44319712
Thirteen mostly southern states haven't ratified and several stated rescinded, complicating the issue. The 1982 deadline has some dismissing the ERA, but this article mentions the 27th amendment about salaries for Congress that wasn't ratified until 100 years later, so there's a good argument for ignoring the deadline.
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