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That is much easier said than done. It’s 2020 and we still don’t have a gender equality amendment even though the majority of states want one. ...let alone am
by DaiPlusPlus 7y ago
That is much easier said than done.
It’s 2020 and we still don’t have a gender equality amendment even though the majority of states want one.
...let alone amendments for healthcare as a right, abortion rights, and proportional representation.
- gowld 7y agoAre gender equality laws prohibited by the Constitution? Title IX shows no.
- DaiPlusPlus 7y agoThe issue isn’t that there’s a difficulty in creating gender-equality laws, but that the opposite is true: it’s just as straightforward for a legislature somewhere to enact misogynistic laws. A constitutional amendment to recognise gender equality would mean US laws like these could be struck-down or never get enacted in the first place: https://www.globalcitizen.org/en/content/sexist-laws-in-the-us-in-2017/ https://www.globalcitizen.org/en/content/sexist-laws-in-the-...
- huffmsa 7y agoIt's supposed to be hard. That's the point. You have to get an absolutely overwhelming majority before you can change a the source code.