Equal Rights Amendment is a proposed amendment to the United States Constitution designed to guarantee equal legal rights for all American citizens regardless of sex; it seeks to end the legal distinctions between men and women in terms of divorce, property, employment, and other matters.
As the paragraph above states, men and women should be equal under our constitution regardless of sex, marital status, job position, individual rights and any other matters. Ask yourself a question, should a man be more valuable than a women or vice versa? In what basis and for what purpose? Do the above questions or an inequality statement seem fair and just, or it sounds arbitrary and bias?
I respect everyone’s opinion on this matter and any other matters of course. Respect for each other’s beliefs, our ideas, our goals, our personal time, our family construction, our self development, our free time, our way of communication and how we think among other things, should be respected as an individual’s right and consideration for each other. We do things better and become successful as an individual, a group or as a society, when we find common goals, we discuss plans and rights, and we communicate properly. We are humans and yet, we all have smaller differences. These differences vary in many forms: where are we from, from what state or country, how we were raised, what are our customs, our religion, language, sex, race, age, culture and more. Yes, we are different in some ways, but we still men and women.
Why do some of us ignore and forget that children are born from a man and a woman, why should we forget that men and women came from the womb of a woman and the women’s egg is fertilized by men sperm, why should we think men are stronger and better than women, “said who”? and what good valid statements can be made on that assumption?
There are many questions and discussions on this subject. Many will argue that is nature, evolution and that men are the strongest creature out of the two sexes, with better traits, intelligence, abilities, and talents among others. Many will use ideas that lack well know facts, smart thinking and common sense, of why men are better than women. Wouldn’t a smart creature, (this being an individual, man or woman), use a critical thought process before making any comparisons or allegations against a subject or human being?
Perhaps, one should discuss important questions to understand equality and respect. Why would someone alienate, discriminate, be racist, prejudist, bias, rape, underpay, abuse, beat up, undermine, diminish or be dismissive to women. Does this make someone feel more important, better and more powerful than women and maybe other men too? Did someone forget they came out of a woman’s womb? Did someone forget or seem to ignore all the things women do in our society, family, schools, hospitals, and many other positions do for us. Where is men wisdom and why men think they are better than women?
I am not here to criticize anyone’s point of view or say some some people are right or wrong, no, I never stated that. I am here to open everyone’s eyes for equality and even rights for men and women. Here are some cultural sayings or quotes to think about…
- 1. Before God, we are all equally wise, and equally foolish. -Albert Einstein.
- Equality is the soul of liberty; there is, in fact, no liberty without it. -Frances Wright.
- 3. These men ask for just the same thing: fairness, and fairness only. This is, so far as in my power, they, and all others, shall have. -Abraham Lincoln.
- From the equality of rights springs identity of our highest interests; you cannot subvert your neighbor’s rights without striking a dangerous blow at your own. -Carl Shurz.
- Do not call for black power or green power. Call for brain power. -Barbara Jordan.
- Equality is not in regarding different things similarly, equality is in regarding different things differently. -Tom Robbins.
- Women’s rights is not only an abstraction, a cause; it is also a personal affair. It is not only about us; it is also about me and you. Just the two of us. -Toni Morrison.
- If we were to select the most intelligent, imaginative, energetic, and emotionally stable third of mankind, all races would be present. -Franz Boas.
- Equal pay isn’t just a women’s issue; when women get equal pay, their family incomes rise and the whole family benefits. -Mike Honda.
- The word ‘equality’ shows up too much in our founding documents for anyone to pretend it’s not the American way. -Martha Plimpton.
- Marriage equality is about more than just marriage. It’s about something greater. It’s about acceptance. -Charlize Theron.
- I never doubted that equal rights was the right direction. Most reforms, most problems are complicated. But to me there is nothing complicated about ordinary equality. -Alice Paul.
- Half a century ago, the amazing courage of Rosa Parks, the visionary leadership of Martin Luther King, and the inspirational actions of the civil rights movement led politicians to write equality into the law and make real the promise of America for all her citizens. -David Cameron.
- In science, all facts, no matter how trivial or banal, enjoy democratic equality. -Mary McCarthy.
- Equality implies individuality. -Trey Anastasio,
- Equality means nothing unless incorporated into the institutions. -Slobodan Milosevic.
- Until we get equality in education, we won’t have an equal society. -Sonia Sotomayor.
- Martin Luther King, Jr. didn’t carry just a piece of cloth to symbolize his belief in racial equality; he carried the American flag. – Adrian Cronauer.
- Candor is a compliment; it implies equality. It’s how true friends talk. -Peggy Noonan.
- “It is nice to be important, but is more important to be nice”. -John Templeton.
- “Treat others how you want to be treated” Golden Rule. -Unknown.
- “One should not treat others in ways that one would not like to be treated” Silver Rule. -Unknown.
- “Think twice before you speak, because your words and influence will plant the seed of either success or failure in the mind of another. -Napoleon Hill.
- “There is a difference between being a noble and being noble-minded. Being a noble comes inheritance or legacy, being noble-minded, comes from hard work and self development. Traits are genetic, great qualities are built”. -Alberto Reyes. ™
The previously mentioned sayings and quotes contain strong, noble and wise meaning. Feel free to think, feel, behave and be whatever you want to be, you belong to yourself as everyone else too. Life has many ways of teaching us the good and the bad of our actions and goals. My goal today and always is to create relationships of respect and support among ourselves, our partners, our family members, friends, employers, allies, our neighbors and the rest of us in this world. I think we can grow, learn, improve, create a better living for all, educate our children and youth more efficiently, develop better societies and nations by using the right perception of things, and by having the right mind set. Lets be pro support and pro active and change our world for a better one!
For the Golden rule, “Treat others how you want to be treated”, or Silver rule better explanations go to this article, https://www.heraldmailmedia.com/deseret/life/the-golden-rule-treat-others-how-you-want-to-be/article_c0081db7-dfee-5547-b414-c32d68d91c74.html
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