The Equal Rights Amendment (Women): Arguments Against
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First proposed in 1923 and reintroduced in 1972 during the heyday of the Woman's Liberation movement, the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) failed to pass the various tests mandatory for ratification (Schlafly, 2007). While claiming to benefit women, the ERA would actually, if ratified, have had negative effects on the lives of American women and would even have taken away some of the rights that women have gained over the course of American history. This essay will examine two of these arguments, advancing the idea that women's rights are sufficiently protected by the Constitution of the United States and relevant statutes at the federal and state levels. As now constituted, the law of the country requires married men t
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