They almost certainly will, but legislation does have the value of drawing a nice, bright "Not. Here." line in the sand. The Equal Rights Act was passed in 197

They almost certainly will, but legislation does have the value of drawing a nice, bright "Not. Here." line in the sand. The Equal Rights Act was passed in 1972, and the Equal Credit Opportunity Act in 1974 first legally mandated women be allowed to open independent bank and credit accounts. It took about a generation for women to be in the workforce at ratios approaching men (https://www.pewresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/FT_18.03.08_GenderGains_LaborForce_1.png https://www.pewresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/FT_18...), and yet the ratios moved.