There is nothing more insulting and tiresome to me than being told I — as an American woman — somehow do not have equal rights to American men. As I have said in several VIP articles, including in the run-up to America's 250th anniversary, I am beyond blessed as a woman to have been born in the United States of America.
There is no other nation on the planet that would have afforded me the opportunities I've had in America, and my summer trips overseas only reaffirm my gratitude for being an American citizen.
Actually, let me revise my opening sentence. There is one thing more insulting and tiresome than being told I don't have equal rights as an American woman: when those claims come from a rich, privileged celebrity like singer Alicia Keys.
Alicia Keys says women don’t have “equal rights” in the U.S. on America’s 250th Birthday.
— Oli London (@OliLondonTV) July 5, 2026
“Women are not asking for special rights, just equal rights. Let’s turn outrage into authorship. If it’s the 250th celebration of the country isn’t it time to update some things?” pic.twitter.com/XMVK81gsVI
"Did you know that it's been a hundred years since the Equal Rights Amendment was first introduced?" Keys asked. "And now, still, women don't have an explicit guarantee to equal rights under the U.S. Constitution. Can you believe that? I couldn't even believe that was real."
It's not. I, along with every other woman in this country, already have equal rights. Anyone saying otherwise is stupid or lying.
I'll let Alicia decide which one she is.
"I mean, women are not asking for special rights, just equal rights," she continued. "Let's turn outrage into authorship. If it's the 250th celebration of the country, isn't it time to update some things? What rights or guarantees do you feel all women should have in America? It's a good question. I'm not here to speak for you, I'm just want to pass you the mic. So have your say at peoplesbillofrights250.org. Not red, not blue. Just you. Wow. Sending you big love."
Spare me.
The Equal Rights Amendment wasn't ratified for good reason. And that's despite Joe Biden trying to unilaterally shove it into our Constitution as he was walking out the door of the Oval Office.
Anything beyond what the Constitution provides for would actually be giving women 'special rights.'
What they mean, of course, is they want the 'right' to abortion codified, as if that's the only thing women care about. Quite the contrary. I care about my right to free speech, my right to free expression of religion, and my right to petition the government for a redress of grievances.
Those are all things the Democrats have tried, and will continue to try, to take away from me.
What about the Little Sisters of the Poor or the Dominican Sisters of Hawthorne? They want to practice their faith in peace, but Democrats keep dragging them into court to force them to provide birth control, abortions, and access to women's spaces for 'trans women' (read: men). Lawyers in the Biden DOJ fantasized about putting nuns in prison for the 'crime' of wearing the traditional habit. Where are their equal rights?
Speaking of women's rights, what happened to my right to say no? What happened to my rights under Title IX? Joe Biden tried to rewrite that act to not only strip women of protections but to punish women like me for speaking out against male usurpers of women's sports, scholarships, and private spaces.
I notice not a single Leftist is interested in protecting those particular women's rights. Quite the opposite. They laugh at our injuries at the hands of boys, dismiss sexual assaults, and tell the women to train harder to try and beat the men cheating against them.
And what about my right to self-defense? The Left wants to take away my guns, including my AR-15, and leave me defenseless while they import millions of violent illegal alien criminals and set American criminals loose from the prisons they want to abolish.
One could argue that women actually have more rights than men. I do not have to register for the draft. If I chose to, I could abort my boyfriend's baby, and he wouldn't get a say in it – but he also doesn't get a say in whether or not he pays child support should I choose to have that child.
I did not have to register for the draft. My sons do.
The suicide rate for men is far higher than that of women, but there are no months dedicated to men's mental health. Men make up the majority of the homeless population, and that gets the silent treatment, too. Men also occupy the most hazardous professions, but I don't see Alicia Keys clamoring for women's rights to enter forestry or construction. If these things were happening to women, it would be a massive crisis requiring government intervention.
Alicia Keys has a net worth of $75 million. Who is she to pretend she doesn't have equal — if not privileged — rights over most Americans, both men and women?
Anyone who says women do not have equal rights in America is not actually advocating for equality. They want women to have special rights, often at the expense of men, the taxpayer, and women like me who object to the notion that killing my unborn child is the great equalizing right. There is nothing that could be more unequal than that.
