Equal Rights Amendment Pros And Cons
Even in the 21st century, the U.S. Constitution still does not explicitly guarantee that all of the rights it protects are held equally by all citizens without regard to sex. The only right that the Constitution specifically affirms to be equal for women and men is the right to vote in the 19th Amendment.The Equal Rights Amendment, proposed to Congress in 1923, would guarantee equal rights between men and women. In 1972, it passed both houses of Congress and went to the state legislatures for ratification. It was ratified by 35 states which is 3 short of the requirement. Since then, it has been reintroduced many times. I think the states should ratify the Equal Rights Amendment because it would reduce poverty of women as well as give a clearer judicial standard for deciding cases regarding sex-discrimination.
States should ratify the ERA because it would lessen the gap between the pay of men and women which can potentially reduce poverty. The average woman makes 78 cents to the man’s dollar. Twice as many women as men over the age of 65 live in poverty. In the 1970’s, one of the worries of people against the ERA was that the husband would stop supporting his wife. During the 1990s in the United States, there was a 25% increase in the number of households headed by single mothers. competing. Without complete support from The ratification of …show more content…
Without the ERA, women regularly and men occasionally have to fight long, expensive, and difficult legal battles in an effort to prove that their rights are equal to those of the other sex. Right now, courts are dealing with these types of cases inconsistently. Supreme Court Faragher v. City of Boca Raton was decided that an employer may be liable for sexual discrimination caused by a supervisor, but liability depends on the reasonableness of the employer's conduct, as well as the reasonableness of the plaintiff victim's
States should ratify the ERA because it would lessen the gap between the pay of men and women which can potentially reduce poverty. The average woman makes 78 cents to the man’s dollar. Twice as many women as men over the age of 65 live in poverty. In the 1970’s, one of the worries of people against the ERA was that the husband would stop supporting his wife. During the 1990s in the United States, there was a 25% increase in the number of households headed by single mothers. competing. Without complete support from The ratification of …show more content…
Without the ERA, women regularly and men occasionally have to fight long, expensive, and difficult legal battles in an effort to prove that their rights are equal to those of the other sex. Right now, courts are dealing with these types of cases inconsistently. Supreme Court Faragher v. City of Boca Raton was decided that an employer may be liable for sexual discrimination caused by a supervisor, but liability depends on the reasonableness of the employer's conduct, as well as the reasonableness of the plaintiff victim's