The WEA would render unconstitutional any organization or institution that is all-male or all-female. It would spell the end of Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts, the Boys' Clubs and Girls' Clubs of America, fraternities and sororities, and countless other single-sex organizations that are congressionally chartered or operate on school campuses. How many men and women want to abolish organizations that have benefited them?
WEA will also revoke protections women have traditionally enjoyed. It will overturn state laws that exempt a woman from paying her husband's debts if he dies or abandons her. It will also take away a widow's right to collect her husband's social security benefits. When are feminists going to tell abandoned wives and elderly widows that they intend to repeal laws that protect them?
If you don't believe that the WEA will lead to radical social changes, pick up a copy of the book "Sex Bias in the U.S. Code." Written by two prominent ERA lawyers, Brenda Feigen-Fasteau and Ruth Bader Ginsburg (now a Supreme Court justice), this book confirms that everything Phyllis Schlafly said about the ERA was true.
Of drafting women into the military, the authors write: "Equal rights and responsibilities for men and women implies that women must be subject to draft registration if men are" (page 202).
Of gender quotas in armed services and law enforcement, they write: "The need for affirmative action…is particularly strong in the uniformed services" (page 218).
Of forcing integration of all single-sex organizations, they write: "The purpose would be best served by immediately extending membership to both sexes in a single organization" (pages 219-220).
Americans had the good sense to reject the Equal Rights Amendment over twenty years ago. Now, we can only hope that American women are smart enough not to be fooled by phony promises of "equality."