The Equal Rights Amendment: Why Hasn't the US Constitution Caught Up with the World? with Lori Adams-Brown

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a World of Difference podcast, this end of

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Women's History Month, where we are

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looking back over this month and

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recognizing the incredible women that have

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been on this podcast, not only over the

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past month, but also over the last year.

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And when I think about women around the

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world, it's truly inspiring what women are

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achieving. And it's also important to look

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back over history to find out what

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mistakes were made, what obstacles were

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overcome or not overcome yet. And in light

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of that, today I'm going to be talking

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about not only walking through the annals

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of history, uncovering stories that shape

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our world, which we often do here, but

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today we are going to embark on a point of

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exploration of the Equal Rights Amendment

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here in the United States, alongside a

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comparative reflection on the global

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efforts for women's equality, including

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the Convention on the Elimination of all

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forms of discrimination against women. C e

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d a w. So buckle up. We are going to go

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for a ride today throughout history to

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find out what the obstacles were and why.

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Until today, the Equal Rights Amendment

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has not yet been passed in the United

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States. So if that is news to you, this

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podcast will hopefully make a difference

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in your life and give you a different

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perspective on what it really means to

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have equal rights and why that has not yet

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fully happened in the US and the US

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Constitution. The history of the era in

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the United States is one marked by

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resilience, setbacks, and ongoing

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advocacy. In the year 1920, the many women

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had fought for the right to vote here in

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the United States, where I'm recording

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this podcast here in Los Angeles,

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California. But it's also important to

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note that even though the right to vote is

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enshrined in the US constitution, thanks

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to the work of many, many people over many

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years, until today, the era, the equal

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Rights amendment has not been enshrined in

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the constitution, which may be a shock to

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many of you around the world listening,

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whether you are a US citizen here in the

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US or living abroad, or a citizen of any

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of the other 92 countries that listen to

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this podcast. If you have always assumed

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equal rights were enshrined in the US

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constitution, today we're going to unpack

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a little of the history as to why that

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hasn't happened. Many of you know I sit on

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the board of a nonprofit in DC called

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Justice Revival, and we have been working

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to pass the Equal Rights Amendment,

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working in cooperation with others in the

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ERA coalition to help get this ushered in.

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Very soon, because it's way past time,

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we're going to dig a little into the

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history today. The ERA was actually

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proposed in 1923 by a suffragist named

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Alice Paul. Many of you have probably

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heard of the Seneca Falls convention in

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New York. That was 100 years ago last

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year. And if you'll go back and listen, in

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March of last year, I had Alison McKinney

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on. She's a lawyer, and she founded

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Justice Revival. She was at the 100th

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anniversary of the era and at Seneca Falls

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revisiting that location. And she spoke

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about her work with the era last year in

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March on the podcast. So go back and

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listen to that episode for more

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information from her point of view and her

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different perspective. But it's important

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to note that in 1923, suffragist Alice

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Paul did bring this era to the United

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States and to the government, and the ERA

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basically aimed to constitutionally

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guarantee equal rights under the law,

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regardless of sex. After decades of

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tirelessly painting by women's rights

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activists, though, the erA was finally

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passed by Congress in 1972. However, it

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fell short of ratification, failing to

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meet the required number of states by the

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1982 deadline. Now, there's a lot of

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information around this deadline and some

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of the arbitrary nature of the deadlines

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that have been imposed on the era, and

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many, many conversations around that. But

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all of the history has evolved into the

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amendment actually going above and beyond

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what needs to happen for it to be fully

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enshrined in the constitution. In fact,

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all that would really need to happen at

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this point is for the archivist to just

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sign it in. President Biden could do

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something. There was some movement in 2020

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under the Trump administration that got

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thwarted during that time. But if you look

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into the history of the eRa, it's been one

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of both incredible activism as well as

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some significant obstacles and some very

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nuanced history. So we're going to dig

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into that a little bit, too. So while the

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ERA struggled for ratification

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domestically, the fight for gender

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equality continued globally. So

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organizations like the United nations have

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played a crucial role in advancing women's

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rights worldwide, notably through

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conventions like CEDAW that I mentioned

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earlier. Adopted in 1979, CEDAW is often

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hailed as an international bill of rights

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for women, aiming to eliminate

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discrimination against all women in all

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spheres of life. However, despite strides

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made through CEDAW and other international

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efforts, disparities persist in various

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parts of the world, underscoring the need

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for continued advocacy and support. So

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unequal pay is a big one, both here in the

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United States and many other countries.

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Limited access to education and

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healthcare. We see that in several

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countries around the world, and even here

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in the United States, there's some issues

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around some of that. And women continue to

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face systemic challenges that hinder their

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full participation and empowerment. So in

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light of that, it's interesting to note

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that some of the reasons I often get asked

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this question, I sit on the board of

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justice revival once again. And I, even

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earlier in March, by the time this airs,

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will have presented at the company where I

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work, a tech company in Silicon Valley, on

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the history of the Equal Rights Amendment

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for one of our global dei calls. And as

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always, you know, preparing through that

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presentation, I was reminded once again of

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some of the obstacles that really happened

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in the US history that thwarted the

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efforts for the Equal Rights Amendment to

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be passed. And so one of those is there

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was this person, whoher name is Phyllis

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Schlafly, and she, in the seventies and

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even some of the eighties, was very much

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involved in starting sort of a counter

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campaign for the Equal Rights Amendment.

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grassroots campaign, where she would call

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different women lists of women and get

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them to organize around baking, for

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example, baking pies or baking bread, and

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taking it to the offices of political

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officials who would be instrumental in

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ushering in the era and sort of helping to

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change their minds. And she also used a

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campaign that worked, unfortunately, very

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well. It was very fear based about what

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the outcomes, outcomes of the ERA would

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be, not necessarily based on research or

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data or any factual information, but very

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much creating a fear based reaction. And

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the marketing for it all was quite good.

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She had these badges that women would

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wear, and it said stop era. And it was

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very catchy, very easy to understand the

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direction of the movement, that it was

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about stopping something based on fear.

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predicting would happen were things like

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women would now be required to be in

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combat or there would be unisex bathrooms,

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things that caused fear. And, you know,

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today, it's kind of interesting to look

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back in 2024 across the years and think,

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well, we do have unisex bathrooms, and

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it's not all that bad. As a woman. My

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perspective is it means the lines for the

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restroom are a whole lot less long then,

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because if you, anybody who's a woman

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who's gone to the bathroom at an event or

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a stadium, you see these very short lines

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for the men's room, and then the women's

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room is so much of a longer line. So

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unisex bathrooms mean that we don't have

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to separate based on that. And then women

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are in combat. I mean, since the eighties,

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we've kind of seen that, and it's kind of

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wonderful, and that women are allowed to

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have a position in that way and

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everybody's okay if, you know, that

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happens. It's sort of normalized now. And

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so some of the fears around that happening

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are pretty on this side of history,

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unfounded. And so, but it was a very

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effective way of stopping the campaign.

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And, you know, there's different

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narratives now as well, and that are kind

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of sort of nuanced versions of that. But

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really, it was largely the movement of

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Phyllis Schlafly that, you know, very much

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hindered the passage of the era at a

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pivotal point in history. I would

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encourage you to watch the show misses

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America. It features both Phyllis

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Schlafly, played by Kate Blanchett, who

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does an amazing job as an actress in that

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show, that short series, and then other

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figures in the movement, such as Gloria

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Steinem, which, when this podcast episode

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airs, will have already turned 90 years

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old and celebrating her birthday. I got to

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meet her in Abu Dhabi last year, in March,

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a year ago at the Forbes 3050 conference,

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where I was at for International Women's

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Day in Abu Dhabi, and got to have a short

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conversation with her which really meant a

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lot to me. I shared sort of about the

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women in my own family and our personal

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history around, you know, women's rights

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and that type of thing. And she just

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shared, you know, this is a collective

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effort. It's all of us. It's, you know,

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your mom, your grandma, your. We do this

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for our daughters and our granddaughters

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and that type of thing. And so it really

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was so encouraging to meet her. But she's

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featured as well in the Misses America

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series because she was instrumental in

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advocating for the era and still is. And

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so there have been many women and male

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allies who have worked hard to enshrine

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women's rights and girls rights in the

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constitution of the United States. But

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it's still a bit of an uphill battle with

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some obstacles. So I guess the question

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now is, what can we do to champion gender

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equality and support the ongoing fight for

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women's rights around the world, and

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particularly today. And I don't really do

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this very often here on the show, which is

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to highlight the nation where I'm

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currently living and what we can do. Cause

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it is an election year in the United

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States and there are choices being made

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about who to vote for. And I would really

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urge each of us who are us citizens that

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will be voting here in the United States

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or voting abroad, mailing in our ballots,

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which I did for 20 years, living in

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Southeast Asia, I would go to the US

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embassy in Singapore and mail in my ballot

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from there. And when I lived in Sumatra, I

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mailed it in as well. And so, yeah, I

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mean, there's choices being made very soon

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about who we're gonna vote for. And I

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would really urge you to vote for

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politicians that are supportive of the era

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because it's 2024, and all these other

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countries around the world have signed the

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CEDAW agreement, and the United States

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still hasn't. And also, we don't have an

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era for our own constitution, so what can

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we do? And that's what this podcast is

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all, all about, is bringing our

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differences around the table to make a

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difference together. So as a call to

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action, one impactful way is to really

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just support organizations dedicated to

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this cause, such as Justice Revival, where

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I sit on the board. By donating to Justice

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Revival at www.justicerevival.org donate,

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you can contribute to the initiatives

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aimed at advancing gender equality,

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including efforts to promote the

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ratification of the era and uphold the

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principles of CDC doll. Because, you know,

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human rights, women's rights, which are

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human rights, is so important. There's a

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lot of things we can get wrong, but that

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should just be a basic foundation. It's

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very important. A lot of things get put on

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the back burner when it comes to women. A

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lot of things have gotten put on the back

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burner for a hundred years of the era,

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which is why it has not been passed. So,

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and once again, if you listen to last year

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in March, the episode I did with Allyson

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McKinney, she was describing the Senate

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hearing that had happened the first time

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in 40 years around the era and why it

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still didn't go through. There's a very

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concerted effort to thwart this or even

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sideline it and put it on the back burner.

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So I don't think half the nation, half the

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world should be put on any backburner. So

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it's time 2024 to pass the era. So I would

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love to hear what you think about all of

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this and this episode in particular. And

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if you're interested in learning more

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about justice revival, please reach out. I

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would love for you to donate and help our

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efforts because it does take money to get

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these things done. But at Justice Revival,

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we have faith for era campaign. So if

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you're a person of faith, or even if

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you're not, you're welcome to join our

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hash faith for Era campaign with the

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number four and any faith community we

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encourage to come and be a part of

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bringing your experience, your perspective

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around this movement. Because certainly we

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can all agree, whatever our faith

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background is, that women's rights matter

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and that humans deserve dignity and

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respect, and women in particular have

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really been sidelined and forgotten and

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overlooked and really not fought for in

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ways that we should be fought for. And so

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together, we can come together with our

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differences, male allies, women on behalf

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of our daughters and granddaughters and

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future generations, but also for us now.

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So would love for you, wherever you are

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around the world. If you're in a country

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where the era has been passed, something

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along those lines long ago, or your

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constitution when it was drafted, included

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equal rights for women. If your country

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has signed on to CW, if you are working in

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any capacity for women's rights around the

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world, would love for your perspective. So

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please pop into any social media posts

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around this podcast. You can also join our

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difference maker community where we're

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going to be able to dm there in that

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community at www.patreon.com the

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worldofdifference where we'll have a more

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deep conversation around this. So also

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join in there for as little as $5 a month,

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but together. So hopefully what we can

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come away with as a call to action is to

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put our money where our mouth is, donate

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to organizations like justice revival,

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doing the work in DC, and together

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standing in solidarity with women

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everywhere, ensuring that the promise of

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equality becomes a reality for all because

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we can make a difference. And the way we

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make choices moving forward really matters

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for ourselves and future generations. So

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thank you for joining us for this

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enlightening conversation today around the

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fact that the US has not enshrined women

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and girls rights in the constitution. But

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hopefully very soon that will not be the

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case because all of you difference makers

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will come together around the world and

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help us make a difference here in the

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United States. I know people go all around

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the world from the US trying to work in

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different capacities, but it's rarely as a

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us citizen. It's to me, very shameful that

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we don't have this here in this nation. So

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it's time. 2024 it's time. Would love your

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thoughts around this. Thank you once again

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for joining this, all of you listeners

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around the world. You make me a better

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person, a better human being with your

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perspectives. Thanks for coming around

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this table with me and keep making making

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a difference wherever you are today. I

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have a special invitation for all of you

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