As anyone knows, for years, on my Freep Page, I have touted Phyllis Schafley as a genuine American hero. She fought against all odds almost single-handedly for years, and was the most prominent person in defeating the equal rights amendment.
The fact that she defeated the equal rights amendment (or at least lead the charge to defeat it) causes ignorant people to determine she was some kind of female version of the male chauvinist caveman, fighting for her rights to be subservient to men.
Nothing could be further from the truth. Phyllis Schafley understood the differences between men and women, and understood that the equal rights amendment would destroy centuries of Efforts by many societies around the world to implement protections for women that were codified and cultural and legal processes.
That is the important thing: these were protections for women.
Phyllis Schafley understood fully that ratifying the equal rights amendment would remove those protections. Her strength was being able to have the courage to ask the questions “what if this happens?“ To display a particular facet of Available protections for women that would be corroded and destroyed by the passing of the ERA.
In my lifetime, the demonizing and verification of Phyllis Schlafly Has been one of the most ironic twists on the stupidity of feminism I have ever seen. Phyllis Schlafly Was a real woman who understood the strengths and weaknesses of women And fully understood that a relative weakness in one area compared to another did not Translate to a full inferiority of some kind for women.
The ironic thing is, “feminists” do believe that.
Hear hear! If feminists had any integrity or intellectual honestly, they would realize Phyllis Schafly is a true icon of feminism and celebrate her as such. She showed what one determined woman could accomplish. Compare and contrast her achievements with any of the leading feminist icons. They are found to be severely wanting.