The Feminist Argument Against

The EQUAL RIGHTS AMENDMENT

 

Protecting single-sex spaces for women and girls requires the ability to sometimes discriminate on the basis of sex

 

The Equal Rights Amendment

“Equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex.”


The ERA has long been assumed to be an obvious win for women. However, WoLF’s legal analysis has concluded that the amendment may be used against women to end single-sex spaces, services, and accommodations by applying “strict scrutiny” to sex discrimination. In this series of posts, we explain the feminist argument in opposition to the amendment.