The Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) would help create social, economic, and political opportunities for women, and therefore it would be a bill essential for narrowing the gender stratification in America according to the advocates of the women’s movement. Yet, Phyllis Schlafly claims that the female in society is already “privileged;” therefore, the ERA would have no effect on, if not worsen, the conditions that women undergo. Women have a unique but beneficial role in society, and without them, humanity could not exist. In fact, Schlafly insists that family is the basic unit of society and women are essential in maintaining that structure via their ability to procreate. Moreover, the woman’s job in society is perhaps one of the most effortless
