The New York Times has posted this story: “Equal Rights for Women? Survey Says: Yes, But …”

The reporter wrote: “People around the world say they firmly support equal rights for men and women, but many still believe men should get preference when it comes to good jobs, higher education or even in some cases the simple right to work outside the home, according to a new survey of 22 nations.

The poll, conducted in April and May by the Pew Research Center’s Global Attitudes Project in association with the International Herald Tribune, shows that in both developing countries and wealthy ones, there is a pronounced gap between a belief in the equality of the sexes and how that translates into reality.

In nations where equal rights are already mandated, women seem stymied by a lack of real progress, the poll found.”

Here is Broadsheet’s take on it.

Sounds like maybe the ERA could actually pass? Here is more about the current fight. I am hoping that Florida approves the legislation.

Here is a link to my article about the fight for the passage of the ERA in Florida in the 1970s. Unfortunately, the women’s page editors, who would have supported the legislation, had lost their jobs by the 1970s.

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The New York Times has posted this story: “Equal Rights for Women? Survey Says: Yes, But …”

The reporter wrote: “People around the world say they firmly support equal rights for men and women, but many still believe men should get preference when it comes to good jobs, higher education or even in some cases the simple right to work outside the home, according to a new survey of 22 nations.

The poll, conducted in April and May by the Pew Research Center’s Global Attitudes Project in association with the International Herald Tribune, shows that in both developing countries and wealthy ones, there is a pronounced gap between a belief in the equality of the sexes and how that translates into reality.

In nations where equal rights are already mandated, women seem stymied by a lack of real progress, the poll found.”

Here is Broadsheet’s take on it.

Sounds like maybe the ERA could actually pass? Here is more about the current fight. I am hoping that Florida approves the legislation.

Here is a link to my article about the fight for the passage of the ERA in Florida in the 1970s. Unfortunately, the women’s page editors, who would have supported the legislation, had lost their jobs by the 1970s.

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