In the 1960s and 70s, one of the problems women had with E.R.A. The equal right amendment is parental leave: women got fired or had to leave work when their belly showed, or they told someone that they were pregnant. The woman's job was not held for them, if someone else needed the job they got it. Phyllis Aberdeen is one of the people who agree that women are treated correctly, while Shirley Chisholm, because women do deserve to be treated better than what they are treated today, we deserve a lot better treatment. So, I am going to have to go with being a Pro E.R.A. Although Phyllis Aberdeen claimed that women were more respected as ladies in the home, Shirley Chisholm’s arguments are stronger and more correct because women are treated as …show more content…
All women should be treated with respect and be treated as what they were treated and what they are treated. Phyllis Aberdeen is best known for her successful fight against the ERA. Mattress is completely anti-ERA. She thinks that women have everything that they need, that it is a good thing that women do not have all these rights because there are pros to all the reasons why we do not have all these rights. For example, in paragraph 7 the passage states “Schlafly argued that the ERA would take away what she thought of as privileges that women currently got.” In my mind I think that this is where SASL went wrong because that may have not had taken away all the rights that women had currently gained, maybe just maybe if SASL …show more content…
She thinks that women deserve to be treated better than what they are or what they were treated. In paragraph 4 it states “The argument that this amendment will not solve the problem of sex discrimination is not relevant. If the argument were used against a civil rights bill — as it has been used in the past — the prejudice that lies behind it would be embarrassing.” I think that this statement right here says it all; Chisholm is not incorrect about this in any way at any point in time because no matter how much she argues it, nothing does ever change. Women are so unfairly treated women cannot go certain places guys can or have and do certain things that guys can because it is a so called “guy thing” and they think that they own it all. For instance, in paragraph 5 it says “Women are excluded from some State colleges and universities. In some States, restrictions are placed on a married woman who engages in an independent business. Women may not be chosen for juries. Women even receive heavier criminal penalties than men who commit the same crime.” This is where I think the world has gone wrong in this statement; it is clearly stating that women are left out or better yet kept out from state colleges and universities while mind you guys get to go to these places where education is available for them to gain while females may not. In some places, females even got restrictions if they worked in an independent business
This investigation addresses the following question: How important was Phyllis Schlafly’s role in the defeat of the U.S. Equal Rights Amendment? In order to evaluate her importance, this investigation will address several factors that contributed to the defeat of the ERA, such as the negative portrayal of women by the press, the decriminalization of abortion, the split between feminists who wanted the ERA to pass and those who believed that its passage would lead to the deterioration of women’s protective laws, and the role of the Phyllis Schlafly and her Stop ERA campaign. One source used in this investigation, “Stop ERA,” is evaluated for its insight into Phyllis Schlafly’s plan on how to campaign against the ERA, as she was the author of this document. The second source, an excerpt from the article “The Equal Rights Amendment: A Constitutional Basis for Equal Rights of Women,” will be analyzed for its professional, relatively unbiased opinions; this article was written for the Yale Law Journal in 1971, meaning that it consists of a concrete legal analysis of the amendment from the time period in which it was being ratified.
And it is a downright mockery to talk to women of their enjoyment of the blessings of liberty while they are denied the use of the only means of securing them provided by this democratic-republican government—the ballot.” (Anthony 182). This speech was meant to kindle the flame of the women’s right movement for the citizens of the United States more accurately “Friends and fellow citizens…. Hence, every discrimination against women in the constitutions and laws of the several states is today null and void” (Anthony 181-182). She uses much logos, unlike Chief Joseph, stating the constitution and supporting it with “It was we, the people; not we, the white male citizens; nor yet we, the male citizens; but
Using these appeals strengthens her argument, but Chisholm’s use of both in successive sentences adds even more value to the speech. While she makes many strong statements, she also supplies numbers, and the effect of her speech is fully seen mid-speech when she states: “Since October 1966, 246,000 young men who did not meet the normal mental or physical requirements have been given opportunities for training and correcting physical problems.” (“For the Equal Rights Amendment”). Showing her credibility through numbers, she is able to provide an ethical appeal to her audience as well since many of her statistics revolve around the unfairness of the inequality. The statement following said: “This opportunity is not open to their sisters,” which immediately brings a slight shock to the audience that women were not held at the same standard as men for even correcting a disability, therefore appealing to her pathos. Chisholm’s most impactful of the rhetorical appeals was her use of pathos, and since she mentioned many emotional situations, including statements such as: “restrictions...are commonly imposed on minorities, on women,” and “longer prison sentences for women then men,”which invoke a feeling of suppression and anger to get the audience personally connected to her words. This
The author believes that Women saying that they are being treated unfairly is biggest deceit of this time. One of the reason the author believes that equal right is wrong because women will become apart of the military draft. He believes that being drafted into the military is an un american thing to do. It is hard enough for men, so he believes why would anyone allow their wife, mother, or sister be apart of equal right that would make women go into the military. He also believes that equal rights will also affect women right to receive child support. The author point out that men has always been required to take care of their women, so why would women want to have equal rights if it mean losing child support or being forced into the military. This document is important because it shows a different stance on equal rights. In the first document you see feminist fight for their right to be their own persons. In this document we see a person against equal rights for women. Although Phyllis Schlafly is against equal rights for women it is more out of concern than anything. He just want women to be taking care of. He is afraid that women won’t be taken care of if they have equal rights as men. He believes that she women will lose support from their husbands and the right for child support. This is understandable worry on his part. He just wants women to be taking care of, but he can’t see the bigger picture on why it is important
In fact, Woolf stated that “wife beating was a recognized right of man” (Woolf). This obviously encouraged the view of women more as property or object rather than a real human being. Many of the first-world countries have moved away from this norm through women’s rights movements, but this has not been adopted globally. There are still many countries where women are hardly educated and that are still being physically, emotionally, and mentally treated as a piece of property or an object. I personally believe that women deserve the same rights as man and that charities and other activist groups should push more strongly for these rights to be adopted across the
The Equal Rights Amendment began its earliest discussions in 1920. These discussions took place immediately after two-thirds of the states approved women's suffrage. The nineteenth century was intertwined with several feminist movements such as abortion, temperance, birth control and equality. Many lobbyists and political education groups formed in these times. One such organization is the Eagle Forum, who claims to lead the pro-family movement. On the opposite side of the coin is The National Organization for Women, or NOW, which takes action to better the position of women in society. Feminism is the most powerful force for change in our time. The Equal Rights Amendment has been a powerfully debated subject for decades. Having passed the Senate with a vote of 84-8, it failed to get the requisite thirty-eight states to ratify it. Many discussions and arguments arise over the continued push for the Equal Rights Amendment. The need for change must be a consensus and achieved both nationally and at the state level. The attempt to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment continues, but with few supports left, it appears to have lost its momentum.
Within Hon. Shirley Chisholm’s well known speech, Equal Rights for Women, which she presented on May 21, 1969, she discusses in detail the ideology of woman’s rights before the United States House of Representatives. She touches base on her own experience with discrimination, how society has prejudice against women, and introduces the Equal rights act, in which she states “that has been before every Congress for the last 40 years and that sooner or later must become part of the basic law of the land.” With her speech, Hon. Shirley Chisholm makes a substantial argument about women’s rights. With her use of anecdotes, counter arguments, and statistics, her speech obtains great value.
Early in her career as a congresswoman, she took a stand on the issue of abortion (a woman 's right to prevent the birth of a child) and supported a woman 's right to choose. She also spoke against traditional roles for women professionals (including secretaries, teachers, and librarians), arguing that women were capable of entering many other professions. Black women especially, she felt, had been pushed into stereotypical roles, or conventional professions, such as maids and nannies. Chisholm supported the idea that they needed to escape, not just by governmental aid, but also by self-effort. Her antiwar and women 's liberation views made Chisholm a popular speaker on college
This situation goes for not only women but men as well. From an early age, both boys and girls should be taught humanity, in terms of how both men and women should be treated. Unfortunately, this rarely occurs and generations of boys and girls grow up thinking that this is the way of the world. Therefore, the vicious cycle of unfair practices is still going on to this day with little to no advancements.
Although women have been seen as inferior for many years, looking at the documents it’s unequivocal that women should have been given the same domestic, political and social rights as men. In the early 20th century, many Americans perceived women as unskilled and deficient, as this woman has never had the chance to prove how they can positively affect society. Document A, Supports Woman states; “They still love their homes and their children just the same as ever, and are better able to protect themselves and their children because of the ballot”. If women were given the right to vote, it would not only have helped the society by having more opinions, but it would have also helped women protect themselves and their children by voting for things like better education. Supports Woman explains how giving women the right to vote has only been beneficial to the society....
There are many theories as to why the Equal Rights Amendment failed. The Equal Rights Amendment (or E.R.A.) was passed by the Senate on March 22nd, 1972 which proposed banning discrimination based by gender. The E.R.A. got sent to the states to be ratified; however, it missed the three-fourths validation it needed. The E.R.A. each time failed to be accepted and was forgotten by the next few years after it was issued. So, why did the Equal Rights Amendment fail? People concerned about the E.R.A. – whether they be for or against the very thought of the idea of prohibiting gender-related prejudice – all have their own opinion and views toward the reason why the E.R.A. failed. Some believe it was because of the favoring from others toward the amendment, others believe it failed because it was more gender specific when choosing to support it, but very few think that it was the persuasive influence of others’ thick judgment.
When the Equal Rights Amendment was first introduced, in 1923, it was just a few years after the 19th amendment had been passed. It continued to be reintroduced every year for the next 48 years without any success. The ERA had no major union backing it until the 1970’s, it lacked the support of the President’s Commission on the Status of Women, and even the National Organization for Women did not endorse the ERA at its founding. In The fact that the Equal Rights Amendment was introduced every year for decades shows how persistent women’s rights activists throughout the 20th century in their pursuit of legal equality
Since women have fought for a long time and proven their importance in society, they deserve the same rights as men. Before women can prove they too deserve the same rights as men, they must first put to rest the myths and beliefs of their status in this country. This myth of the female status in the United States, and in most other places in the world, has always been the same. It is the belief that women should be in the kitchen, taking care of the kids, and the house, amongst other beliefs. However, in today's society, this is considered ludicrous.
Since the beginning of time, women have always been seen as things purely for the pleasure and benefit of men. Women have always been objectified. Objectification is seeing and treating a person as if they did not have thoughts and feelings, as if they had the status of an object.{1} Only in recent years have they begun to be seen as individuals of equal intelligence and ability. You may think, ”Women have had equal rights for a while. I do not see how this is a problem.” It may not seem like women were given their rights recently, but in our history, women have been treated objectively for thousands of years, even dating back to biblical times. Still, even when women have the same rights, opportunities, and responsibility as men, women can be found almost everywhere being treated as though they were incompetent and lesser human beings.{4}
The military draft that was all male was now unconstitutional. Before the law was passed, there were groups that were protesting against it. The leader of the “Stop ERA Campaign” was Phyllis Mattress. Even though she had a law degree, she saw past her privileges feminists had gained for her and glorified the traditional roles of American women. She would open her speech with, “I’d like to thank my husband for letting me be here tonight”, just to taunt the feminists that were listening.