The Equal Rights Amendment

The Equal Rights Amendment was introduced in 1923 by suffragist leader Alice Paul. The intent was to further steps toward “bringing equal justice under the law to all citizens.” However, even with extended deadlines to ratify the bill, only 35 out of 50 states supported it by 1982.

 

Much of the argument against the bill has been by Republican men, and women of lower class. The fear being that it may “harm family life, advance abortions and force women into military combat roles,” meaning women who would rather be housewives would be forced into work. However, that is not the case. As stated by Senator Pat Spearman, “is about equality, period.”

The failure from politicians to approve of this bill has risen anger and many men and women alike, in Trump’s America. With failure to see this bill as a positive step towards equality for all Americans alike, opposers outrage those who find Donald Trump’s actions vulgar sexually as well as misogynistic.

The Constitution currently states that gender equality “shall not be denied or abridged”– neither supporting nor condemning discrimination based on gender alone.

Without the passing of this bill to an amendment, bigotry towards women will be continued with the lack of support from legal written documents. In itself, it is upsetting that there must be such laws to be put in place for misogyny to be halted. However, there has been more light shed on such issues through social media and support from celebrities, which will hopefully continue to progress and change current laws to include safety and assurance to both genders alike.