Posted on May 4, 2019
Congress should join the campaign for constitutional equality
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[Extract from the linked opinion piece.]
Most Americans — 80 percent — think we already have constitutional protection of equal rights. Most countries in the world do, and it is hard to imagine that we wouldn’t. But the Constitution was written by white men who owned land, and women were intentionally left out, as were all others. This omission has helped to perpetuate a lack of respect for women and engendered a culture that has allowed sexual harassment and other forms of violence and discrimination to flourish with impunity.
Most Americans — 80 percent — think we already have constitutional protection of equal rights. Most countries in the world do, and it is hard to imagine that we wouldn’t. But the Constitution was written by white men who owned land, and women were intentionally left out, as were all others. This omission has helped to perpetuate a lack of respect for women and engendered a culture that has allowed sexual harassment and other forms of violence and discrimination to flourish with impunity.
Congress should join the campaign for constitutional equality
Posted from thehill.com
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Where did you get these ideas? Although written by wealthy land owning (some slave-owning) white men, the Constitution did not deny women any rights nor give rights only to men. It was written in the voice of "We the People". The genius of the document is that it allowed for emancipation of the slaves, women's suffrage, and other expansion of rights to include all peoples even though these things were not culturally accepted concepts in their time. (BTW, the "Three-Fifths clause opened the door to the end of slavery by preventing slave-owning states from having the legislative power to continue the institution by rule of law) And no, most of the countries in the world do not share these concepts. In America only rights are "natural" or "God-given" to all. In all other nations, rights are granted by the government and taken away "when necessary" (This includes Great Britain and Canada).
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As A female I feel that I already have equal rights under the constitution so this is just a political stunt and is not necessary
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Um, what?
The Constitution talks plenty about "the people". It says nothing about wealth, whiteness, males, or females. The only Amendment that referenced race was repealed.
I am all for equal rights, but as I see it, that is currently already enshrined in the Constitution.
The Constitution talks plenty about "the people". It says nothing about wealth, whiteness, males, or females. The only Amendment that referenced race was repealed.
I am all for equal rights, but as I see it, that is currently already enshrined in the Constitution.
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