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- Many people don't know that the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) never passed-because of one woman. Her name is Phyllis Schlafly and she built a coalition of evangelical Christians that still influences modern conservatives. Lesson plan for educators: bit.ly/RR-ERA-...
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Ok, so she didn’t want equal rights for women. She wanted women in the home. Yet she ran for congress? Hypocritical much?
no she just didn't want the equal rights amendment, which if you actually read the thing is totally a symbolic act because it didn't fix or change anything.
actually would've helped a lot
Missy Minx
You're wrong.awwwww,don't know how to search stuffs on the internet?
When she was in the Phil Donahue show last 1970s she stated that,she doesn't care what other women wants to do with their lives.They can be a housewife,a working mother,or both.She just didn't want to take away to freedom of a woman to be a housewife if she WANTS to.that's why she's against ERA because with that ammendment,even if a spouse doesn't have money he/she still has to financially give something to his/her spouse....which will force him/her to work even if both of them don't want him,her to work.since,a housewife/househusband gets the money from his/her,wife/husband.
The episode where she appered on Phil Donahue show is still available in UA-cam you can watch it for proof.
No ....she was very clear on her scheduling. She was first a Mother and second went to work ...
People like her prevented Communism from taking root in America.
“We do not want lesbian privileges!”
What are these lesbian privileges? Asking for a friend.
Right?! Let us know if you find out.
@Dave Bronstein I'll definitely pray for her son tonight. Not because he's gay, since there's nothing wrong with that, but I can imagine having her as a mom would be stressful as FFFFFUUUUUUCK
Looooool
Taking a woman out on a date and not being expected to pay.
Not having to live with men.
I love how ignorant she is in disregarding the fact that her ability to speak out, run for office, and have a public voice is all due to feminism and other women fighting for her right to do those things.
That is incorrect. Women were already making inroad without the ERA and the feminist movement. Women making choices actually came after women started to work and break barriers ushered in by WWII. The feminist movement wanted abortion, put down women who chose to stay home, wanted universal child care paid by the government and that was what she opposed.
Andrea Houk feminism by its actual definition is simply the idea that women and men should have equal rights and opportunity. Everything else you mentioned is ancillary to that. So yes her right to do all those things still came from the basic idea that women are people which is now labeled as feminism.
@@andreahouk8962 You bought the simplistic black and white arguments put forth by the far right and it's most eloquent (but mistaken) spokesperson, Phyllis Schlafly.You don't know your women's history. No feminist "WANTS", as you say, abortion. We want a choice with our own bodies and that includes when or IF to have a child. Whoever said "If men could get pregnant, abortion would be a sacrament" knew what they were talking about. There's some cruel irony that a woman would be fighting against women having a choice. Do you honestly believe that MOST women who make that choice make it lightly? If so, you really have no clue. And it was a very small group of feminists who put down women who stayed home. MOST of us were mothers AND workers. Learn some real history instead of being a true believer for women who were traitors to their own sex and represented mostly the interests of men who just wanted to keep their power over women.
@@andreahouk8962 You are wrong but anyone who actually BELIEVES that feminism universally put down women who "choose" to stay at home and wanted the government to pay for all their kids has a very skewed understanding of feminism...thanks to Phyllis and those like her who were REALLY fighting to not rock the boat, fighting to keep change from happening. It's NOT really a CHOICE to stay at home and have too many kids (one could be too many for some women, if they could be honest about it). IF a girl or woman didn't also have the CHOICE to get a good education and a good job and leave a husband if he turned out to be not what he was at the beginning, then it's NO real choice.
Men can leave relationships easier and they do. . Few question that Andrea..I have a feeling you wouldn't either unless, that is, it happened to you. But then, for women who think like you, it's almost always the woman's fault. And the resentment of women wanting "universal child care paid for by the government" idea?..ok, well, that's most often coming from men, mostly, who don't like their money going to help pay for the kids they could care less about. Men (& women who think like them) blame women for having kids they can't afford when they should "know better".
So, for females, it's damned if you do; damned if you don't. And feminism ONLY wanted (and still wants) girls and women to have real CHOICES. This was very disturbing to LOTS of men and the extremely rigid, closed-minded, most often hyper-religious women who were ruled by fear. Phyllis (and of course, her hubby in the background MOSTLY paying for things) enjoyed her success at using extremely conservative politics and religion to keep and push girls and women into very tight boxes.
Just as racist white politics sometimes can find a weak or greedy black person to front their politics, sexism works to benefit men with money and power the same way racism works to keep the world order orderly.
Actually none of those things were due to feminism. Women had the right to speak out, run for office and have a public voice before the term "feminism" was invented. Even the suffragettes didn't really contribute to female rights, they delayed votes for women because me thought they were crazy.
I wish she would’ve followed her own damm advice and stayed home in the kitchen such a hypocrite
She never said that women should do that. You leftists really should listen to what the right actually say occasionally. She was a protector of female privilege, nothing else.
@@newperve how the hell old are you anyway?
@@patriciax3677 Do you ever make a point?
@@newperve please explain "female privilege" and how that was suppose to go against the feminist movement
@@giselle_kvm yeah I'm interested as well
It’s so weird that Phillis is actually kind of an example of a strong modern woman - she’s outspoken and fights for what she believes in. She got a law degree - a heavily male dominated sector and she’s heavily involved in politics and even ran for office twice and she ran her campaign herself without male guidance. Yet she’s advocating against her being able to do all those things - the cognitive dissidence is so strong.
She resourced all the liberal means available to her and then exploited them to speak for non liberal values
Dissonance is her happy place...
@@user-ps6se1jp7s America where privilage is so bountiful people are willing to give up liberties smh
She knew what she was doing 10,000%
Corno di Bassetto you might want to read this - en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madonna-whore_complex
She's the commander's wife in Handmaid's Tail.
you people think everything is the handmaid's tale
You are full of shit. Guess who paid for the magazine MS ?
I look on in horror as families are being destroyed working themselves to death. For what? To buy more crap.
The Handmaid’s Tail was written in direct response to conservatives against women’s rights, almost in direct response to this woman. But, sure, say it’s an overused reference to try to devalue the comparison. Perhaps the reason a novel from the 80’s strikes a strong enough cord with today’s population to warrant a television show is because so many see the parallels to past decades, and are disappointed that it is still an issue. But, no, it is overused, therefore it is worthy of mockery. Personally the comment just made me laugh, so kudos.
@@victoriajenkins1424 the fact you think the comparison is even valid is amazing. The world we live in bares no real resemblance to the handmaids tale, but through the lens of the hyper feminist, radical social justice activist, every little thing is compared to being an enslaved birthing machine like in that book.(or something else in the book)
If it's true that margeret atwood wrote the handmaid's tale as a response to "conservatives against women's rights" then that just shows how off the rails you people are, including margeret atwood.
Because it isn't even true that the "feminists" actually even represent women, for example about 50% of women are pro life, and only about 10% of women are feminists. That doesn't really line up with your ideology of the feminist crusader fighting for justice to earn the rights of an oppressed group yearning for them.
You misspelled handmaid's tale
@@BLUEGENE13 it is
Not all women are cut out to be a mother, just like not all men are cut out to be father's. All Humans deserve dignity gay, or straight. Family planning and education to prevent unwanted pregnancy. Equal pay for equal work.
It is currently illegal to pay a women less money for the same job a man has. The video mentioned that women makes 80 cents for every dollar a man makes. What this means is that if you sum up all the wages for every male, and compare that to the sum of the wages of all females, you see a 5:4 ratio. This makes sense, because there are more men in higher-paying field. Just the labor-intensive or dangerous jobs that are disproportionately male would contribute significantly, because those jobs earn more than less risky jobs. To sum up, equal pay for equal work is a non-issue.
Tyler Kropp Tyler Kropp - I see these types of analyses of the wage gap all the time. They miss that today the wage gap is caused by a complex web of issues, and just because it’s complicated doesn’t mean we get to ignore it.
Some have to do with corporate culture. Every job is different, but lopsided “boys club” office politics can make it more difficult to break into upper management.
Sexual harassment is still an issue.
There are also social issues women can change just by being aware of the problem. Women are less likely to take credit for the work and less likely to ask for raises, for example.
There is still a lot of social pressure against men who want to put their kids first, whether it’s being the one who stays home with the kids when they’re sick or the one who is a stay at home parent.
That’s the flip side to women who are expected to make more sacrifices for children. While we don’t have many criticisms as scathing as Schlafly’s, there is still prejudice against the Mommy who isn’t there, even if Daddy is.
Lack of maternity leave pay is part of the problem. (Paternity leave, too. It’s not just about recovering from the birth. It’s about getting to know your brand new child..)
That just scratches the surface.
And some of these issues are more subtle than they used to be, but they’re still there.
These differences don’t mean the gap is caused by women leading “the life women want” en masse. Rather, the gap is more representative of women’s issues in general.
Sally, I don't think it can ever be eliminated, because humans are not blank slates, along with the fact that there are always differences between every group and between the individuals within those groups.
All we know from the statistic regarding average salaries is that different genders have different average salaries. All the rest is separate, and should be looked at on its own terms. It seems to me that the statistic is being used to draw erroneous conclusions by activists or to confirm their pre-existing beliefs. People will even use it as evidence for very specific alleged phenomena, despite the complexity of the issue and the high chance of confounding factors that went into the final statistic.
Overall, I do not think my analysis was incorrect in scope, although it was simple. I stated what I think is the most significant factor that goes into the difference, i.e. job choice. I have no doubt most of the factors you mentioned would be accounted for in a more thorough analysis.
Additionally, I believe that if those issues are to be covered, they should be considered. Many times when this statistic is being discussed, activists will claim that it's due to discrimination, which I believe cannot be the only factor. This is the one that I am mainly addressing in my statements about the "equal pay for equal work" slogan being a non-issue.
Finally, the reason I think that job choice is most important is that it's the most significant thing that people are in control of. For example, choosing a STEM field over a liberal arts field would result in higher income for college graduates. One reason these different choices are made is that marginal costs are different for different people. Everyone values things differently, and these value differences affect decisions. The differing marginal costs could be due to all sorts of social things, as you mentioned, but it could also be biological. The percentage of female construction workers is single-digit, and even they complain: "The gender pay gap is still prevalent - I am the only woman in my team and I am paid the least," without a second's thought as to the reasons for being the only female on the team nor the fact that she's implying her boss is acting criminally, along with the question of the quality of labor her employer receives from her. (pg. 16 of unitetheunion.org/what-we-do/unite-in-your-sector/unite-construction-allied-trades-and-technicians/ )
To conclude, there are those who would apply the slogan "equal pay for equal work" to their own situations using averages regardless of their personal circumstance. These people are making errors in their argumentation. The question of how much of the gap is due to a specific factor is a job for statisticians.
@@sallyvillarreal4294 Preach it! 😂
I’m not meant to be a mother, and it’s physically dangerous for me to try. I hate that people try to make me feel guilty for choosing to never even try, fir my own safety and we’ll being. I’m much better at earning money. I often get promoted, and I don’t mind taking on overtime. Weekends, holidays, whatever. I’ll take it, because I don’t expect my husband to pay my way. I’m not entitled to anyone else’s earnings. I got married at 25... I would have starved to death if I didn’t work, from 18-25.
"Women don't want universal childcare" Well, gee I thought ALL women loved children Phyllis! :P
Karlie Starr I’m pro choice, environmentalist and a liberal in most cases, but pay for your own childcare. If you can’t afford childcare use birth control!
@Kathleen Granitto "Plus how are you supposed to afford BC if you cant afford kids? That costs money too you know, sometimes hundreds of dollars a year."
Seriously? You think that birth control is anything like as expensive as children? Either you pay for your choices or you don't.
Louise Yeah let’s see how well that works out in 50 years when there’s an economic decline because millions of Americans chose not to have children to avoid the cost, causing a shortage in workers.
@@rebeccahannigan5419 Strange how as soon as it's a question of government money population growth is held to be be a good thing.
Paige Hannigan that would be great for the environment! Too many workers buying too much junk which ends up in the landfills, eventually ending up in rivers, air, land and eventually the ocean. The women’s movement was a farce to get more workers to drive down the price of labor, that’s why women can’t afford childcare or afford to stay home with their children if they want to. Phylis was a dip shit, but Gloria is a right wing anti communist ex CIA agent. Look it up.
I'm a man and equal pay for women is such a no-brainer. I could never understand the opposition.
Right??
@Dean Kostas omg !! how the hell old are you? And do you read at all?
I agree with you +Dean.
@Dean Kostas well, Dean, I was a therapist for 25 years before retiring and my problem is people like yourself, ESPECIALLY MEN but women too like Phyllis who take theirs but don't want other women to have choices... my problem is people like yourself know nothing about the psychology of women (or men who learn and become wise, not just wise asses). We all need to grow up and become more and better humans...but the closed-minded wont do that, will you Dean?
And no matter what your age is, you are no doubt too old for me. I like minds that stay young and open-minded.
@Dean Kostas Well, I'm 79, so I figure you're old as well but you sound typical of old men who have been threatened by strong women or women you can't control. I'm a retired psychotherapist and I'm just so so tired of hearing men (and their women defenders) who just are so weak that they can't handle independent girls and women. That's one reason they bring god into the argument. They can't reason these issues on their own. It gets old. And we have one of you in the white house now...ugh.
She's so proud of her ignorance
and so is her husband !! Imagine how he must have felt..He had a woman who was keeping girls and women in their pretty little kitchens and bedrooms.
That's conservatives.
Name one thing she was wrong about.
old liar, she set women back 100 yrs....may her reputation rot.
Name one way that defeating the ERA actually hurt women. Name one right that men have now that women don't.
Actually what she did was exactly what she said she did, protect the privileges of women.
@Dave Bronstein But Schlafy didn't oppose jobs, education, equal pay, shelters for battered wives or changing "frivolous attitudes". She opposed the end of women's privileges, which feminists were too ideologically possessed to recognise. She was in fact their greatest ally, had they known it.
@@newperve what privilege? Living in a patriarchal society is not a privilege. And as far as your question about laws, victimizing the victim in rape cases & abuse cases & it took Lorena Bobbit cutting her husbands dick off before the court recognized that women don't owe sex to their husbands as a damn obligation etc... These tons of little thing you don't even care about but makes a big difference to us and we are still behind the times because of her & old men still in charge politically
@@deeannlaker6449 Well not being drafted for a start, then there is the family court worth the "tender years" doctrine.
Not one of the examples you give has anything to do with the ERA. Changes to sex assault laws affect victims of birth sexes, as do the laws on consent in marriage.
So pardon me for being skeptical for there being lots of little things when you can't name one.
@@newperve you argue better than you think...(or know)
She’s a prime example of do as I say, not as I do. A hypocrite. I just heard about her today and by the gods she enraged me. Imagine having that much internalized misogyny- and the things she’s said are absolutely appalling.
bro what
guvomit This lady actively fought for the suppression of women’s rights while benefittig from freedoms granted to women by women. She’s a hypocrite.
You and me both! I can't understand how some people still admire her to this day! THIS IS THE 21 CENTURY PEOPLE! OPEN YOUR EYES!
@@adotjean ?
She's a hypocrite because she exercises her right to disagree and doesn't toe your line. OK. Got it.
There are always people who fight against their own best interests out of ignorance, fear, or malice.
EXACTTTTLY !!! thank you Shaun... you get it
like the not-rich Trumpies
And power.
Corno di Bassetto lol you have been commenting on this video for weeks. How weird.
Name one way she's arguing s against hee interest
6:07 She knew exactly what she was doing. She's an agent of chaos. I find it hypocritical of her to be fighting against equal rights as she was getting a law degree, therefore being an example of women in the workplace.
Now we have a GREAT example, besides all the feminist thinkers and writers, in our Supreme Court, RUTH BADER GINSBERG see
ua-cam.com/video/4MCp2xnvtyY/v-deo.html
but this is only for those who are open-minded and really want to learn or those who know and just want to see a great film about a strong woman fighting to change the patriarchal laws that kept women in what too many men and some backward women thought was our place.
Thank you Phyllis!
I grew up down the road from Phyllis Schlafly. She was just a nice old lady by this time & I had no clue who she was. No one talked about it. It wasn’t until years later I learned who she was. Btw, all her talk against homosexuality & her son ended up being gay.
😂😂
She was a POS to the very end, with her book "The Conservative Case for Trump" being published the day after she died....
Not only was Schlafly well-spoken but she was well-ahead of her time.
What a joke. She was way behind the times.
Schafly was well ahead of her time.
And she for saw what's happening now with unisex bathrooms, and women shouldering the responsibility of being the sole providers. How's that working out for ya? Not too well.
I don’t think a lot of young people realize that women were only given equal rights 40 years ago. It’s truly sad that it took that long and that some people(especially women!) didn’t agree with it.... wow 😔.... We still have a long way to go, someday ladies, someday.
Danielle Martinos well to be fair it was big radical change, feminists were actually a very vocal minority at the time and where as more women still worked at home or did both. So imagine being brought up in such a traditional home instilled with such values only find yourself susceptible to being drafted , having such a document interpreted as making segregated bathrooms illegal, end the use of women’s only shelters and Government funded abortion (not saying you or others should get an abortion it just that I shouldn’t have to pay for mistake).
@@ianmeadows6941 well you help pay for it a whole bunch more if the mom of an unwanted child is forced to keep it
FEMINISM: The radical notion that women are people.
Can they be drafted? Because if not their rights aren't equal are they?
Sorry, Danielle Martinos, but women were NOT given equal rights 40 (or 42) years ago. In fact, now, in 2022, women STILL do not have equal rights because the Equal Rights Amendment has still NOT been put into the Constitution. It was ratified by the 38th state (Virginia) in January of 2020, but trump then told Bill Barr to call the Chief Archivist (whose job it is to put Amendments into the Constitution as soon as they’re ratified by 38 states) to tell him NOT to put it into the Constitution, and Congress is still fighting about it to this day. In fact, the ONLY right women have under the Constitution is the right to vote. Even Clarence Thomas said that the 14th Amendment does not give women equal rights, I think because it does not specifically mention women. I don’t like to hate anyone, but, because of this, I will probably forever hate Phyllis Schlafly, even though she is now dead, and, of course, trump.
Her level of internalized misogyny makes me sad for her.
well it made and makes me angry for women. We, after all, suffered because of her. And if it weren't for the women's movement, we'd be even further behind.
If a woman can be a wife and have a family and feel completely fulfilled, they are lucky and I am happy for them, but this life is not for everyone nor is every woman so lucky. Feminism is all about questioning power and gender conception. We don't always agree on lines of abortion and sexuality , but I think it can be agreed that we all want to be heard and not defined by patriarchal standards as even men suffer under this system- being taught to be aggressive and unemotional. We all deserve to have choices and individuality.
Finally someone who understands what feminism is about! If a woman doesnt want to marry or have kids, that's alright! If she want to get romantically involved with a woman, thas okay! If she wants to abort, thats okay! If she wants to work outside home, that's okay as well!
What the actual fuck?!
“In March 2007, Schlafly spoke against the concept of marital rape in a speech at Bates College in Lewiston, Maine, "By getting married, the woman has consented to sex, and I don't think you can call it rape."“ - Wikipedia.
This doesnt make any sense! If she doesnt want, if she is being coerced to have sex, it doesnt matter if she is married or not, THAT IS RAPE!!!!
Why did the woman marry him if she claimed to be raped? Women like all the time about that stuff, they've sent many an innocent man to prison. So... I'm not so easily swayed.
Definition of hypocrite: Phyllis Schlafly
@Corno di Bassetto Steinem wore the bunny suit to get a scoop on one of America's most sexist clubs, Playboy. You don't know enough American history but you can't stop yourself from talking, can you?
INDEED
Talk about going against your own interests.
Corno di Bassetto There’s nothing stopping you from doing any of those things. You have the right to do so, incel.
Corno di Bassetto Sick burn.
She didn't go against her own interest, she just wanted to preserve her priveleges (being white, well married, middle/upper class, educated, rich) at the cost of others (black women, white working class women), so that she could be and feel superior.
Going against 2nd wave feminism is in the interest of women
Ugh i loathe this woman
Girdle just a bit too tight, popped all the common sense out of her head.
It's incredible that men listening to her drivel didn't realize how much feminism benefits them as well and how unfair the system was to them too.
ozlekosusturu as long as they have power they don't care
even if that power hurts them in indirect ways good for them
They did, and they actively worked against their own interests by stopping the ERA. They actively worked to protect female privilege.
thank you oziekosusturu.... nice to hear that truth.... my hubby of 40+ years knew it when we met and today. He used to wear a t-shirt to demonstrations in D.C. that read "MEN OF QUALITY ARE NOT THREATENED BY WOMEN FOR EQUALITY". loved that shirt, and still love that man. Thank you oziekosusturu for not being one of the male idiots on here who clearly are trumpies, i.e. members of the no-nothings.
@@patriciax3677 You call people"know-nothings" (I assume that's what you meant) but don't actually contribute anything but bike. Your husband of 40 years didn't want a woman for equality it he'd have kicked your ass tip the curb decades ago.
Woman want a healthy pay checks every""" Friday too""" what's wrong with that ?????
thanks Jim :)
i don’t understand the anti-lesbian sentiments of the older feminist movements like they’re literally women in love with other women how is that hurting feminism
It’s the same assimilationist idea as LGBTQ+ folk who don’t support POC or LGB individuals who don’t support trans rights. One way of trying to gain freedom for one’s self within an unjust system is to make an exaggerated display of saying: “Well I’m not in favor of anything *crazy* that might ultimately break your system of class oppression. I just want to make one tiny change that will allow me and people just like me and no one else previously excluded to have a decent quality of life.”
It doesn’t hold up to scrutiny because it’s illogical as well as ethically bankrupt.
Throwing a smaller minority under the bus is pretty normal when you're One of the Good Ones.
Just ask Ernst Rhöm how well it works long term, though.
I think women, men, or whatever you want to call yourselves, should have the right to choose what you want to do. Stay home with your kids? Okay. Go out and work? Okay.
Why is this concept so hard for people to understand.
It's crazy how someone can convince others to give up there rights and make it seem like it's the just thing to do
Yet there are millions of people constantly rallying to hand over their rights & freedom, in hopes that the government can or would, do what’s in their best interest & keep them “safe”. Scary stuff.
You talking about Covid?
Or like working 2 jobs ( man and woman) for the same pay as a man used to get? Or you mean like aborting your baby to further capitalism!?
You talking about rightoids voting in book bans, healthcare bans, gun bans specifically aimed at their political enemies, banning your rights to say, do, or wear certain things, and generally trying their best to make sure nobody has a choice but to live exactly the way they want people to on pain of legal persecution?
The female version of Ronald Reagan.
I met her in person back in the 70's. She was very intelligent, polite & interesting. That being said, I told her that altho she gave an interesting talk, I 100% disagreed with her on her stand against equal rights for women, & that our fight will continue long after she is gone. That was in 1979 or so. She did smile, shake my hand & thanked me for attending the conference. And time marches on....
She is one of the closed-minded people of the last few decades who showed shrewd politicians that substantial political support existed for resisting change of any kind. Without her, without ALEC, without the modern evangelical political movement, the GOP probably wouldn't be as divisive a monster as it's become.
@Corno di Bassetto To absolutely refute your assertion here: Schlafly is above all a "personality." She demonstrated a shrewd ability to use manipulative rhetoric and American propaganda to create panic where there was no reason for it. An example would be using homophobia to bolster her cause. Her "character" became more important than who she actually is and what she was saying. She irresponsibly used the power of communication to fight against universal rights when instead she could have quietly lived her life the way she wanted. People like her paved the way for today's GOP, who (whether or not you agree with them), have a lengthly, prodigious history manipulating people through media with dog-whistle politics, fear, misinformation , and misrepresentation. Let me clarify here: The left do this too, but the speed, power, volume, competence, collection of topics, and magnitude of misinformation and panic mongering differentiate the tradition. Their mastery of the TV medium in particular is what sets them apart. Conservatives built the playbook. Her, FOX News, Newt Gingrich, and Ronald Reagan, are all part of this tradition, though I'd argue Schlafly was more a forerunner of the modern movement rather than an active contributor. Through her success, she clearly demonstrated how much support could be generated appealing to scared conservatives who wanted American life to stay the same. I am not sure how anyone could defend Schlafly -- her argument is quite literally to infantilize American women and retain the repressive post-war gender environment, which I shouldn't have to explain to anyone was terrible for American men and women everywhere. Have a good day!
@Corno di Bassetto . I'm not writing a dissertation and don't care to organize that well in a youtube comment, but good going. 250 points for you.
Oh, I agree she's smart. I was clear about that. Very much so. She appealed to the right places and eloquently expresses her arguments. You make good points about strip clubs etc. But she is also very clear about her opinion on the "role" of women in American society. I am not going to let you gaslight there, as if she was a secret avenger of women or something with transcendent intelligence and viewpoints.
I do not have it backwards. I don't know what you call segregation or "traditional family values" if not identity politics. Mobilizing white evangelicals is just as "identity politics" as anything else. This is just one dead end in this discussion.
I'm not talking about politics broadly - I am talking about rhetoric and media. I know the history and the subject of communication intimately. Like I wrote: Whether I agree with them politicly or not (and I sometimes do agree), conservative forces excel at fear mongering and manipulation, specifically in the mainstream media-sphere. Schlafly made false claims and connections, Nixon had his southern strategy, Ronald Reagan soft-endorsed white supremacist evangelical Christians, Newt Gingrich put on political theatre for empty senate chambers on C-SPAN, Rubert Murdoch created FOX News and defined a generation of partisan junk infotainment content, and now Trump spreads misinformation and falsehoods through twitter. Meanwhile FOX repackages and resells all of it. This is what the rhetoric has evolved into.
For this reason, I will avoid commenting on "policy discussions" as if "the right" has any claim to focusing discourse in this realm, rather than using it as shield for implementing policy keeping Judeo-Christian patriarchal culture dominant.
I'm going to have to give your response the Big Nope! We'll have to agree to disagree.
@Corno di Bassetto I see what you're trying illustrate. Well said. I've definitely spent time talking to people who fall on either side who do leave room for debate, and unfortunately, those on both sides who don't. I hope we both have the opportunity to spend time with those who do.
Same to you!
She is our hero!
With all her accomplishments and success, she proved time and time again, no, we do NOT need the government to bestow anything upon us. We do not need the government to cripple us, stand in our way, decide which rights we have and do not have. Like Phyllis, I decided to control my own destiny, make my own way, make my own decisions and to just go ahead and succeed rather than spend my life fighting and whining about some supposed wrong that never even existed.
She was a hero to all women.
Why? What harm would the ERA have done? The biggest fear, a draft, is moot as a draft is a dead issue in America anyway and because of registration and the fact that women are deployed into combat, registration will become coed. However, you honestly think conscription can ever come back? Abortions are pretty much on demand and if Biden wins then the states that have restrictive measures will be under DOJ review as the Federal Government will claim the laws violate women's civil rights so abortions will come back to their states. Plus Federal hospitals, i.e. VA, are not subject to State laws. Alimony and child support are becoming gender neutral as men's rights groups want equality. It is estimated that 2/3 of children do not have a stay at home parent and of those that do 28% have their father stay at home. Gay marriages are legal in all 50 states.
So in the end the ERA would not have harmed women.
@@janefelix3821
Why?
Because he's an edgy troll.
Shame on her.
Were she to oppose only the ERA, she would have been eminently more sympathetic. However, she talked and talked and talked until you realize that she was behind an altogether more archaic agenda. She would have been satisfied with the achievements of the First Wave, everything nominal.
I often wonder what Aunt Lydia types would have done if their husbands had NOT given them permission to stand in on a podium and fight against women. The men that are into that shit usually prefer their women to be mute. I’m glad those men are generally unsuccessful in their pursuit of women. I also laugh at the men, who willingly try to give 100% to work, and 100% to their role as a father, but tell their wives ‘no, you cannot take on the same expectations as me, because by giving me less work and pressure, you make my life harder.’ ‘Traditional’ men only care about bragging that they do the most work, and having authority over an adult, fully capable of autonomy.
they have WEAK egos
I doubt he could stop that hypogrift if he wanted to.
Karens don't really care about consistency, they're just turning their whole life into an extended adult temper tantrum.
It would have been way funnier if she had to get a divorce to do this, though.
I can't believe Gloria is in her 80s. Amazing woman!
Amazing hypocrite. She defended Bill Clinton when he was accused of rape, groping and exposing himself.
Selling out in its rawest form
This lady is a Hero. This coming from a man
@@donjon2023 can you explain why you think that?
isaac newton. She stood up for traditional marriage. She was against So called “ Gay rights “ (rights we already have ) I know your asking because you can’t find nothing good that she stood for. Now can you explain why you think she isn’t ? Let me add, since gay marriage has passed, it has redefined what it means to be a male or female.its persons know. Fallon Fox is the perfect example. HE is an MMA fighter in the woman’s league. He broke a lady’s facial bones. A lot more to say but I don’t like typing paragraphs on my cell.
@@donjon2023 but the ERA was fight for women to have the same right as men. It's not like they were saying women shouldn't be housewives, they were saying women should be able to do other things and that being a housewife shouldn't be their only option. I don't understand how being against that is being a hero.
Also being against gay right doesn't make her a hero in my opinion.
@@donjon2023 Gays and lesbians weren't even allowed to legally have sex with each other until 2001, what are you talking about?
The Constitution says all "men" (as in humans) are created equal. I don't appreciate Steinem's deceptive spin.
As a housewife, I love her! Now look at America 😳
THIS IS THE 21TH CENTURY! DEAL WITH IT YOU SQUARE!!!
@Sade’ Y Congratulations on your marriage and as a housewife.
Congrats, you were always allowed to do that.
Now go enjoy it with your spouse and let other people live their own lives please.
The biggest irony about Schlafly is she was the strongest Feminist there is. She was everything she thought against.
What a heroic woman.
If you admire a two faced grift, then yes.
The movie and song 9 to 5 had a big hand in helping bring women’s rights in the spotlight as well. The movie was first made as a drama, but it was decided society wasn’t ready for that kind of movie yet and they made it into a comedy. Still helped though.
The concept for 9 to 5 was a drama, just did not work as a drama.
Fonda said everytime they tried it as a drama it came off as too preachy. It wasn't because society wasn't ready for it.
Even today such a movie would not work as a drama. Offices are just not very
good locations for dramatic movies. The most of the successful movies based in a
typical office are comedies (ex 9 to 5, Officespace, working girl).
@@jefflewis4 a great film that helped wake up lots of us who were ready to be "woke" :)
If only Phyllis were alive today to see the ERA ratified in her home state of Illinois. Due to continued activism of the movement we could see the ERA ratified as early as 2023 if we keep up the momentum.
Then men should sue for an equal right to opt. out of parenthood after conception.
@@joecole7122
I'm actually ok with that.
We can ban drafts while we're at it.
Phyllis Schlafly makes me want to hold a door open for a woman again.
Notice that most people have never heard of her or her “movement” less than 50 years later.
Which means the history of the ERA isn't being taught to most people. That is not a good thing.
Rachel C. Obama’s gay agenda circumvented the ERA fight, it just has a different name.
@@donjon2023 omg, his "GAY agenda"... hard to believe any thinking, decent human being thinks this way.. Grow the hell up Don. Gay people are people who deserve the same rights straight people have. Why is that so threatening to you?
I never heard of ERA until Mrs America! It’s so sad
@@patriciax3677 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
Ya well it turns out she was RIGHT. That is exactly the direction it ended up bringing the world in, it's come to abolishing the very idea of gender. SHE IS A HERO.
Why is she a hero? Essentially the fears she put into people's minds about an ERA have come to pass anyway. You can't take away restrictions on women and then given them outdated privileges, you think men would agree to it?
It's so hypocritical that all these feminists talk about empowering women and yet rage when one dares speak out and suggest that this amendment might be used for things it was not intended to do.
Phyllis never said a woman had to be housewives and couldn't work outside the house.
I am so thankful to these women and all who dedicated their time and efforts to ensure same rights and equal chances for all following generations of women!!
What a selfish hypocrite and reckless woman, she ruined what
these ladies worked so hard to advanced, equal right for women :/
Actually, as a conservative, I think women should be drafted into the military just as men.
@@thisguy6177The draft isn't even around anymore lol and women willingly go into the military to get training and go to war
@@giselle_kvm Okay if there is a draft, don't protest against it. If a women decides against an abortion, don't make the guy pay child support. If a divorce happens, don't take away the guy's assets. Sounds good! If a women and man get into a physical fight, treat them equally. Sounds good!
@@thisguy6177 Women already go to war. Most abortions are decided on by married couples, man and woman, that already have a child(ren). If you don't want your assets split when you divorce your partner, get a prenuptial agreement. Don't want to pay child support? Don't have unprotected sex with a woman you don't want children with.
Take responsibility for you actions.
@@giselle_kvm Wow, someone doesn't want the ERA passed.
Damn this is so frustrating. I'm saying this as a man.
I'm disappointed that the interviewer didn't mention the irony of petitioning against women's right to a want a career became a prestigious career in and of itself. She wasn't in the kitchen ... yet she wanted US in there.
Who said Phyllis was against women’s rights to have a career? She was against the ERA. The ERA would only ensure men and women have equal rights, not that either would have the right to work. There were no laws banning women from having careers, nor were there laws guaranteeing that men could have careers. What would the ERA have changed?
The ERA wasn’t a ban on discrimination in general, only in the law.
No she was against running down women who wanted a more tradition role A more conservative role in the world! She knew it would tear down the moral fiber of the family and she was right America has no moral values no family values and she was right I see both sides but look where we are today Not better for sure
speak for yourself....I and many women...and the men who they love, benefitted a great deal from the changing CHOICES FOR WOMEN... and values change and that can be a good thing. Just because you don't think so doesn't make you right.
Would you rather the US had a smaller economy? Would you rather there be more poverty? Would you rather a large chunk of medical, scientific and general knowledge not exist today? Make up your mind or is it just sexism and ignorence that guides you opinions?
So you think women would like being pigeonholed into one role and prevented from achieving financial independence?
Cassandra Calder Not at all ! She never said that women shouldn't work and have equal pay She was against disparaging women who choose not to do it And America did change just as the elitist wanted There was a bigger plan to that and many other things that have changed our moral fiber and THOSE things are not good I only ask that people dig a little deeper Please do not resort to name calling just because YOU choose not to research an agenda This country has been fighting against elites for centuries ! Hell Ms magazine was funded by the CIA (criminals in action) This is why we are in the 4th turn of society Nobody trusts the gov or institutions !
@@loveeaother3180 I find it funny how billionaire preachers and right wing politicians never seem to be called 'elite". Why is that?
Whenever there’s a fight for any group’s human rights, you get some opportunistic bottom-feeders who see that they can easily gain favor by being ‘one of the good ones’.
very true. i used to be angry at them before but now i just feel sad for them. they clearly have something to unpack
I would rather have Phyllis for a mother than Eleanor Smeal. Smeal is not for equal rights but special rights. Men don't have a legal right to opt. out of parenthood after conception.
For those who say "Oh what harm did she do?" What harm did she do? How about that as a result of her meddling that. I have to work *twice* as hard to be considered to be *half* as good as a man. & get paid a *quarter* of what they do for doing *the exact same job!* Thanks for nothing Phyllis! 😡 🖕
No you don't and a jar saying you had equal rights wouldn't change it if you did. Your funny get paid a quarter of what a man would get for the same work, you get paid Jesse because you chose a less well paid position, like a lot of women. Men chose less comfortable, harder, more outdoor, riskier work. Catch up, it has been decades.
mY MOTHER WAS TOLD BY HER SCHOOL TEACHER IN THE 1950S AFTER SHE MISSED A WHOLE YEAR OF SCHOOL BECAUSE OF MONO THAT TO JUST MARRY A MAN AND HAVE HIM SUPPORT HER AND NOT TO WORRY ABOUT HAVING A CAREER FOR HERSELF. PHYLLISS SCHAFLY'S VIEWS WERE QUITE ANTIQUATED FOR THE TIMES.
Man mono sucks. I was out of school for a month and a half from it
@Corno di Bassetto uhuh
What's mono
I bet she was not the one doing the cooking.
Bodea Alex she employed a black maid and her unmarried sister in-law helped with children
I wonder what her three daughters think of her "legacy"? I wonder what Sarah Sanders kids will think of hers too?...
Jon Harney With the exception of one liberal child, all of Schlafly's kids are nuts. Her son Andrew is more batshit than she was.
Chris Get Off My Lawn the liberal child is a fucktard
The apple usually doesnt fall far from the tree
@@zxcbbnm7552 damn you people have such a great vocabulary.... go kiss your master Donald's ass and leave thinking Americans be. Are you one of the Donald's hate club or one of the Russkie bots that helped him win?
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patricia x. You are so triggered and it’s funny.
This woman is a hero
Talk about standing at the front line of keeping that glass ceiling in tact ...
My favorite part was Phyllis Schlafly’s full throated apology for the damage she did to women lasting decades...(tongue firmly planted into cheek)
The start of the hated "KAREN"😡
I don’t think she saw the benefits of the women’s movement. I mean, equal rights for women weren’t going to take away her own. Like omg
God bless this woman. She saved America.
And now, they can't even define what a woman is. Lol
I can’t listen to the slogan “equal pay for equal work” anymore. It is a lie !
and I recommend you watching Prager U ‘ s videos to understand why
I don't get how people can be so short-sided. Of course women aren't going to have equal pay because many leave the workforce to choose to stay home with their kids. Many more women than men work part-time because they have... kids. What Phyllis was saying was the laws were already doing enough for women. Women deserve to keep the rights they already had (no draft, alimony, child support, custody, etc..) because they aren't given equal opportunity to work cause who's got the time to work like a man AND take care of their kids?! I don't agree with the anti-gay rights and anti-abortion take on her arguments, but this is common sense. Men and women are biologically different therefore the laws should recognize that. A SAH mom should not lose custody over her child during a divorce battle because a working man has the equal right to custody and get alimony.
I went to engineering school with many women. Four years after graduation, a good number of those women have already stopped working to start a family. I have yet to see the men graduates do the same because they are taking the primary breadwinner role, which makes sense cause they don't give birth, breastfeed, or have the same maternal biology as a woman. This is literally science. Study gender science and study economics to understand why the gender wage gap exists before making these arguments that women are paid less because there's a conspiracy to keep women miserable in the home. Being a mother is a beautiful thing and shouldn't be put down this much.
How many feminist women have househusbands? Equal rights yea right
How history repeats itself. This is way too reminiscent of 2014 anti-feminists. It's so sad that misogyny is so normalized
What was her problem? Didn’t she know that equal rights for women would benefit her too? Geez la weez
Corno di Bassetto women were getting screwed over and the system wasn’t protecting them. Feminism is about having the same respect men get. This lady wanted women to not get the same systemic protection that men always have had. How’s that NOT having a brain?
@@reythejediladyviajakku6078 Rey, you're talking sense but wasting it on a certified, simple-minded idiot. Don't cast your pearls before swine, puleeze. Read his comments above. You'll see what I mean.
Is so weird how many people don't know she was fighting against the ERA, which never passed and never needed to pass. You've got everything they claimed it would do, without it. And none of the unintended consequences she was warning about.
She did a lot more harm than just that.
@@tommym321 you first need to explain how blocking the ERA was harmful
Broadly worded amendments give huge amounts of power to the federal govt. civil rights laws are expansive by nature and just bloat the bureaucracy
Because of feminism woman can now be drafted and work fulltime while being a mother and a wife. Woman can compete with men in the workforce even though men have almost no responsibility in the home but be a provider. Now woman can provide for the home also while also keeping her duties at home. I mean even thought alot of us women are exhausted trying to do it all, we now are completely equal to men. Way to go for the cause of feminism. It really did wonders.
The thing is men want wives and plenty of us would be glad to own our roles as husbands in the home, but not to these kinda women that think the way they do today sadly smh. Women now are widening the pay gap themselves and don’t even realize it.
Relationships should be equal! 50/50! Men and women should equally work and should equally take care of home and famili! Because OPEN YOUR EYER MEN OF THE WORLD, the home is YOURS TOO, the children are YOURS TOO, so is your DUTY to TAKE CARE OF THEM TOO, INSTEAD OF LEAVIN ALL TO THE WOMEN! 50/50, FOR GODS SAKE!
Sure Jan sure, she didn't want to share her own privilege.
That is such a misleading statement......”women make 80 cents for every dollar men earn.” That is the average of all jobs, that is not comparing two people with the same education, experience, working the same number of hours. If companies could get away with paying women 20% less....they would only hire women....as all they care about is profit.
The reason is that women leave the jobs and work part time as similar jobs once children are involved.
Jane Felix And ironically a lot of fathers then pick up overtime to help offset the mother going part time or staying at home......which in feminist rhetoric is perpetuating the patriarchy and male privilege because of his increase in earnings. We aren’t going to get around that women have the children. That’s not men’s fault.
If you based your entire understanding of Schlaffly from this video you could come away with her being a hypocrit, but if you read more about her she was wanting all the additional rights women have to not be lost in an ERA. Women have advantages over men in certain areas of marriage (alimony and child custody for example), and she wanted to keep those and not lose the exempt status women had in the draft. Those aren't small advantages women have and she would have seen the draft for Vietnam. She may be arguing against the feminists of her time but she definitely wasn't arguing against women. She had a lot of female support, as did the maternal feminists before her (Francis Willard, Hannah Moore, etc.).
She wants to keep women down yet failed to keep herself down to stay out of someone else's business. No matter how she spins or explain/excuse her actions she become what she dislike.
They need more like her sadly. It’s more needed today than ever.
@@BaseballKing44 I agree we need more
@@BaseballKing44 co-signed
Yeah, more of them.
In retirement homes.
Eating chocolate pudding and being ignored by their grandkids because they're bigots.
Am still trying to understand why she even did this 💁🏽💁🏽😳😒
It is illegal to pay woman less than men - if it was cheaper to hire woman for exactly the same skills as a man , men wouldn’t jobs anymore .....
.moneys always the Great equaliser in that way .
I dont think you understand the concept of the pay gap. Women do make less money but it's not always due to them just being paid less it's because of societal pressures to pursue certain low paying careers and the expectation for them to be the on to lose their job when a baby comes around. Did you know the US is 1 of the only 2 countries in the world not to have mandatory paid maternity leave.
Once more money and the market it inhabits is the foundation of great inequality
Franke Gordon I understand yr concept of the pay gap , it’s different from mine.
Sexism , is a very small contribution , to the difference in earnings .
Main, it’s due to choices people make , and you can predict to a degree that woman will lean towards jobs wth shorter shifts , obviously more likely to take time off for their child , as a man can .
There are reason s, that men are 99% more likely to die at work , and the HR departments are full of woman .
Look into it it’s fascinating .
I do not wish to snarl and be in an environment , which may take me to upper management , My skills lie in being part of a team , not leading it .
I’m not weak , I’m an incredibly valued employee, and I do a shorter shift than most , because again , people are different .
So just because a thing is different , or in yr view unequal , just imagine that what people are actually wanting , not the nightmare yr suggesting .
Phyllis was a wonderful woman
What you guys don't realize is that she actually was protecting a lot of rights women already had and still stood by women being able to choose their own path in life even if she didn't necessarily think it was the best path.
No, you have it all wrong. ERA would have taken away special rights and privileges for women. For example women have the right to vote without signing up for Selective Service. ERA could have also put an end to gender segregated public bathrooms. ERA would also stop women form having advantages in Family Court and prevent women form receiving lighter sentencing than men convicted of the same crime.
Signing up for selective service is fairly meaningless as the government can still draft women just as easily as men and may have to do it in order to implement a draft that does not violate Civil Rights laws. In fact back when selective service was reinstated in 1980 the Senate leaders said that if the Supreme Court ruled against the all male system, they would have dropped it rather than make women register, thus it would not be in existence and since no draft has even been discussed, despite the ongoing wars since 9/11, that may have been better in the end.
Men's groups are now fighting for equal rights in Family Court and judges are giving fathers similar rights as they are just as important as mothers. Also, men are pressuring judges to treat women the same as men saying why get a lighter sentence as they deserve equality, especially from female judges. Equal crime, equal punishment, one system for all, called blind justice.
So in the end, we have the equivalent of an ERA, just took longer, plus it may come back, especially if VP Biden wins, he will probably pick a female VP, and most likely not last out his term. Thus why can a woman rule the country and get special priveledges?
Thanks Jane, I would add that its discrimination for Biden to select a VP based on gender. I also go as far as saying public bathrooms should not be segregated. I think there would be less sexual hangups and less "objectifying" if women are allowed like men to be topless in public. In nudist communities a nude body becomes just another nude body. Unfortunately the human race is still in its sexual adolescences.
There is nothing in the United States Constitution that says you shall not draft women. If the Congress wanted to pass a law tomorrow to draft them they could. The thing I had against Phyllis is she wanted special rights for people she thought should have them.
@@Vydio The issue is can you have a gender discriminatory draft. Based on the current situation in the USA, probably not as the military is totally coed and laws, not just the Constitution, won't allow it. What is ironic is that had they not been allowed to go ahead with the all male selective service back in 1980, the Senate Chair of the Armed Forces Committee and the Majority Leader both stated that they would not have had women register but would have dropped it totally, therefore it never would have been implemented. Given that it would never have come up again, this issue would not be talked about today.
@@janefelix3821 Yes, you can have a gender discriminatory draft. "The Power to Raise and Maintain Armed Forces
Clauses 11, 12, 13, and 14. The Congress shall have power * * * ; To declare War, grant Letters of Marque and Reprisal, and make Rules concerning Captures on Land and Water. To raise and support Armies, but no Appropriation of Money to that Use shall be for a longer Term than two Years. To provide and maintain a Navy. To make Rules for the Government and Regulation of the land and naval Forces." This gives Congress the authority to raise an Army. If a draft is needed to do this, the Congress must/can call for one.
Year 2002, Europe, University, history studies. First seminar. We were told, that women study on university only to spend time somehow, until they find a man to marry.
My mother, year 1965, studying on university to become medical doctor, she was told, that women have no place in medical school, as they shouldn´t be doctors.
And now women are the majority of med students.
@@janefelix3821 Yes. And she was told that women should be in the kitchen taking care of kids, not studying.
@@kdhartbooks I was told that in 2002. And my mother was told similar thing in 1965 while becoming a doctor.
@@kdhartbooks Yes, mother became doctor. And unfortunately I met more than one of these creatures. This was from professor of history. Another professor of logic tried to explain in his lecture, that woman is devil (not kidding, and we are very non-religious country). Girls are told on elementary and middle schools, that girls don´t understand maths. The same on high school. Young women hear similarly stupid things when they study technical university or when they want to become surgeons. There is even official study proving it, that senior doctors aren´t giving them very little opportunities to gain practice in surgery and tell them directly, that women has no place in being surgeons. And I am talking about 2020´s.
Well now I know at whose feet I should lay the blame that I have to work twice as hard. To be considered to be half as good as a man. Thanks for nothing Phyllis! 😡
Back in the day, I was a radical Left-leaning student and hated the 'Right' and saw Ronald Reagan, Phyllis Schlafly, et al as horrible. But with this new TV series on the issue, "Mrs America" with Kate Blanche starring as Schlafly, I looked into the debates again. I think she made much more sense than we realized (we were hard-core anti-establishment ideologues of the worst kind, intolerant) back then. The comments below really show a lack of understanding of her position and arguments. She argued that 'mankind' already has equal rights under the Constitution and never said in her debate with Friedan that she 'wanted women in the home' as one comment stated. She argued (ironically for the modern feminist movement!) for freedom of choice for women. I see nothing hypocritical in her views or statements. She was a 'force of nature' and a good person as Kate Blanche stated in an interview. (she likens her character to herself as a person). Those young folks on the 'Left' today need to practice some introspection and wait a few decades before being too outspoken. With maturation into our older years, a different perspective comes with this experience. And more tolerance and 'inclusiveness' of a reasonable kind. I know this can sound condescending and I apologize for that if so, but age does bring new understanding for most.
not for you, unfortunately. I'm 79 and I disagree with almost all you've said...and you sure didn't get the women's movement. Nothing any GROUP of people do is perfect but feminism stood up for women's rights and as a young woman in the 50's, those rights were sure as hell not there...You were EXPECTED to marry and have kids and when I went to my 35th highschool reunion, it was a sad thing to see how few of those smart Catholic girls had done much besides have babies and stay in unhappy marriages or end up in poor shape to know how to find a decent man or woman. And money-wise, they suffered unless their ex was legally obligated to help them raise the kids. Many men who did do this still weren't very involved w/ actually helping raise their children. Making poor choices for partners was a bi-product of growing up ignorant. Feminism gave women choices and taught us a great deal about ourselves, including the difference between lust and love. (something many men and women don't understand well enough).
Does the ERA state that women shouldn't have the choice to be stay-at-home moms? If the woman decides she wants to be a homemaker, then yes, the other part should provide, they have to survive somehow. But if they get divorced and he gets the child? She should begin her first working experience at the age of what? 40? That's hard. There should be some kind of insurance for the parent who stays at home with the kids.
She had some good points and some bad ones. She told one group of women that if they wanted to be in the workforce while their husband stayed home with the kids they did not need the government to do this for them. All they needed to do was find a husband who was in agreement with this. She was right.
@@patriciax3677 The reason people disagree is not based on the facts, but on 'worldview'; ie., what do you value and what is the meaning of life for each. This will differ radically for each of us. The current polarization politically today stems from this. I would guess you are still a 1960's 'radical', ie., a relativist morally, an Atheist materialist, perhaps Left leaning Marxist/Socialist even if softly so. And so on. Our experiences and thoughts, both good and bad, determine our life. We rarely can understand our opposite politically. This is where we must try to do so in order to arrive at some glimpse of 'Truth' (assuming we are not die-hard relativists/Nihilists.) Anyway, I understand your objection, but I think it goes a lot deeper for many people and Schlafly had her view which can be counted as valid also. A last note, you said, "as a young woman in the 50's, those rights were sure as hell not there..."; this was true for some but not systemically in our society for all women. Most women I knew and my Aunt and mother, etc were all very successful and had a full family of kids too. They all became lawyers, teachers, college professors, etc. Their girl kids (my cousins and their kids) became doctors, millionaire business entrepenuers, a banker in SF,Calif, an Aurveydic medicine herbalist with her own small company, etc and so on. The earlier generation did this before and without the feminist movement. But I do agree that the movement was needed to kick it further in the right direction. However it has gone way to far and become silly now. The work is done and we have other tasks to do for human survival at this point.
The show Mrs. America came out recently and it's about this women ^ Phyllis Schlafly
Phyllis is the type that will use progressive women rights to elevate herself. Plainly put she wants to be the only woman in the room, there’s only room for one.
The equal rights act is unnecessary because the civil rights act includes sex. I legitimately don't understand how it's different and how people seem to forget it. I really don't understand why we aren't in the draft based on the civil rights act or equal pay isn't obvious.
The draft shouldn’t even be a thing for either sexes. If there is a war worth fighting like ww2 you don’t even need the draft kids even faked their age to fight because it there was real danger not just political or business interests.
@@FernandoTorrera I'll take that argument too
@@FernandoTorrera What is ironic is that had the all male registration not been allowed back in 1980, it never would have been allowed as the Democratic leadership in the Senate made it clear that a coed registration was off the table, either all male or nothing, so we would have had nothing, thus eliminating the need for the Commission today. Today, coed registration would easily pass.
Everything Phylis said came true
She was spot on
It's funny how feminist and tradionalist women look different.
The fact of the matter is she fights against the ability of others to choose, have or understand options except for what others choose for her.
I just watched the video of Schlafly debating Friedan on GMA in 1976. Schlafly had all her ducks in a row, knew the facts and the law better that a clearly flustered Betty, and basically mopped the floor with her.
saw the same thing and felt it was just the opposite... Anybody would give Schlafly credit for being fast on her feet and smart..but she was more like a zealot than an objective thinker. ....and how she lived her life was really hypocritical.
Dan Truitt Betty Friedan was not a housewife. Her husband was a publisher, that’s why Betty’s books and articles got so much coverage. I don’t like either woman, they are both lying hypocrites
Imagine villifying someone that disagrees with you and then making a documentary about how "evil" this person is
Denish D'Souza sleeps at night doing it, why can't this guy?
So, to be clear, you're opposed to making documentaries about Hitler that depict him in a negative light?
@@UsenameTakenWasTaken I made this comment 3 years ago, this has nothing to do with Hitler, take your meds.
Back when unisex restrooms were unthinkable....
"There was nothing wrong with Philis Schafley a good ass whoopin' wouldn't help." - William Shakespeare aka "Willy Shakes".