# If the Equal Rights Amendment were passed today, what would change?

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**Created:** [June 26, 2022, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-the-equal-rights-amendment-were-passed-today-what-would-change/966879 "2022-06-26T05:07:54Z")\
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**Author:** ![Chad\_Sudan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chad_sudan/32/4509_2.png) [@Chad\_Sudan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chad_Sudan)\
**Post date:** [June 26, 2022, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-the-equal-rights-amendment-were-passed-today-what-would-change/966879/1 "2022-06-26T05:07:54Z")

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The Equal Rights Amendment, as you probably recall, explicitly recognized equal rights for women and men. Despite a spirited campaign in the 1970s, it was never ratified.

Since then, equal rights regardless of sex have been codified in a great many laws. But we still don’t have an overall constitutional amendment recognizing them. I wonder what significant changes it would have. Parental custody and alimony arrangements in divorce cases, perhaps?

> **[Equal Rights Amendment](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equal_Rights_Amendment)**
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> The Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) is a proposed amendment to the United States Constitution designed to guarantee equal legal rights for all American citizens regardless of sex. Proponents assert it would end legal distinctions between men and women in matters of divorce, property, employment, and other matters. The first version of an ERA was written by Alice Paul and Crystal Eastman and introduced in Congress in December 1923.
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**Author:** ![Pavelb1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/439d5e/32.png) [@Pavelb1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pavelb1)\
**Post date:** [June 26, 2022, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-the-equal-rights-amendment-were-passed-today-what-would-change/966879/2 "2022-06-26T05:15:48Z")

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Conscription and more vigilance on even prison sentences?

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**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\
**Post date:** [June 26, 2022, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-the-equal-rights-amendment-were-passed-today-what-would-change/966879/3 "2022-06-26T05:20:38Z")

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A huge amount of litigation working its way through the court system.