The 14th Amendment Pros And Cons

The ERA Amendment was first proposed in 1923 by Alice Paul's Parts. This party was formed at the Sineca Falls Convention and is what really started the push for women's rights. They wanted equality which means for everyone to have equal opportunities, be treated the same, and no one be denied any rights due to their sex, race, or age. The proposition of the ERA was proposed to the thought of the Fourteenth Amendment not giving women the same equal rights and opportunities as males. That was in the earls 1900's though and much has changed since then, which is why we do not need the ERA re-extended and or ratified. We do not need it ratified because all legal citizens 18 and over have the right to vote, have equal job opportunities, and times have changed and evolved canceling the need for the ERA.
Some people would say that the 14th Amendment did not give people equal rights and that we need the ERA to establish equal rights. Although I believe that the 14th Amendment does give everybody equal rights (law.cornell.edu). Now the only equal right it did not guarantee was women's right to vote, but on August 18, 1920 the 19th Amendment took care of that by …show more content…
from being able to have certain jobs options. Now in this case it can be true today that people are discriminated, but as of now it is illegal to discriminate someone from having a job due to race, sex, religion, etc. In 1964 in order to fight for and protect our equal employment opportunities, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission was created by the Civil Rights Act, Title VII (EEOC.GOV). This act is what made it illegal to discriminate against any persons for a job opportunity. Along with having equal job opportunities, since women's rights and feminism came on the rise, times have really changed and have eliminated the needs for the