On what grounds does Schlafly argue against equal rights for women?Who is the intended audience of this document? Explain your answer.Put it in context*: What does Schlafly’s speech reveal about important factors limiting the success of the women’s movement? 13:45 1BackPhyllis Schlafly.docx2) The second reason why American women are a privilegedgroup is that we are the beneficiaries of a tradition of specialrespect for women which dates from the Christian Age ofChivalry. The honor and respect paid to Mary, the Mother ofChrist, resulted in all women, in effect, being put on a pedestal.This respect for women is not just the lip service that politicianspay to "God, Motherhood, and the Flag." It is not as someyouthful agitators seem to think just a matter of opening doorsfor women, seeing that they are seated first, carrying theirbundles, and helping them in and out of automobiles. Such goodmanners are merely the superficial evidences of a total attitudetoward women which expresses itself in many more tangibleways, such as money.THE REAL LIBERATION OF WOMEN(Ca3) The third reason why American women are so well off is thatthe great American free enterprise system has producedremarkable inventors who have lifted the backbreaking"women's work" from our shoulders. In other countries and inother eras, it was truly said that “Man may work from sun tosun, but woman's work is never done." Other women havelabored every waking hour-preparing food on wood-burningstoves, making flour, baking bread in stone ovens, spinningyarn, making clothes, making soap, doing the laundry by hand,heating irons, making candles for light and fires for warmth, andtrying to nurse their babies through illnesses without medicalcare.The real liberation of women from the backbreaking drudgery ofcenturies is the American free enterprise system whichstimulated inventive geniuses to pursue their talents and we allreap the profits. The great heroes of women's liberation are notthe straggly-haired women on television talk shows and picketlines, but Thomas Edison who brought the miracle of electricityto our homes to give light and to run all those labor- savingdevices the equivalent, perhaps, of a half-dozen householdservants for every middle-class American woman. Or EliasHowe who gave us the sewing machine which resulted in suchan abundance of readymade clothing. Or Clarence Birdseye whoinvented the process for freezing foods. Or Henry Ford, whomass-produced the automobile so that it is within the price-rangeof every American, man or woman.THE FRAUD OF THE EQUAL RIGHTS AMENDMENTIn the last couple of years, a noisy movement has sprung upagitating for "women's rights." Suddenly, everywhere we areafflicted with aggressive females on television talk showsyapping about how mistreated American women are, suggestingthat marriage has put us in some kind of "slavery," thathousework is menial and degrading, and perish the thought-that women are discriminated against. New "women'sliberation" organizations are popping up, agitating anddemonstrating, serving demands on public officials, getting wide6nNotifications000000Dashboard CalendarTo Do483Inbox 13:45 1BackPhyllis Schlafly.docxOf all the classes of people who ever lived, the Americanwoman is the most privileged. We have the most rights andrewards, and the fewest duties. Our unique status is the result ofa fortunate combination of circumstances.1) We have the immense good fortune to live in a civilizationwhich respects the family as the basic unit of society. Thisrespect is part and parcel of our laws and our customs. It isbased on the fact of life-which no legislation or agitation canerase that women have babies and men don't.If you don't like this fundamental difference, you will have totake up your complaint with God because He created us thisway. The fact that women, not men, have babies is not the faultof selfish and domineering men, or of the establishment, or ofany clique of conspirators who want to oppress women. It'ssimply the way God made us.Our Judeo-Christian civilization has developed the law andcustom that, since women must bear the physical consequencesof the sex act, men must be required to bear the otherconsequences and pay in other ways. These laws and customsdecree that a man must carry his share by physical protectionand financial support of his children and of the woman whobears his children, and also by a code of behavior which benefitsand protects both the woman and the children.THE GREATEST ACHIEVEMENT OF WOMEN'S RIGHTSThis is accomplished by the institution of the family. Our respectfor the family as the basic unit of society, which is ingrained inthe laws and customs of our Judeo-Christian civilization, is thegreatest single achievement in the entire history of women'srights. It assures a woman the most precious and important rightof all the right to keep her own baby and to be supported andprotected in the enjoyment of watching her baby grow anddevelop.The institution of the family is advantageous for women formany reasons. After all, what do we want out of life? To loveand be loved? Mankind has not discovered a better nest for alifetime of reciprocal love. A sense of achievement? A man maysearch 30 to 40 years for accomplishment in his profession. Awoman can enjoy real achievement when she is young-byhaving a baby. She can have the satisfaction of doing a job well--and being recognized for it.Do we want financial security? We are fortunate to have thegreat legacy of Moses, the Ten Commandments, especially thisone: "Honor thy father and thy mother that thy days may be longupon the land." Children are a woman's best social security-her best guarantee of social benefits such as old age pension,unemployment compensation, workman's compensation, andsick leave. The family gives a woman the physical, financial andemotional security of the home for all her life.THE FINANCIAL BENEFITS OF CHIVALRY2) The second reason why American women are a privilegedDashboard000000Calendar6To DoNotifications483Inbox

Phyllis Schlafly was an American political activist and author. She campaigned against the passage of the Equal Rights Amendment. The amendment was aimed at guaranteeing equal rights for all Americans irrespective of their sex. She self-published the book, A Choice Not an Echo in 1964.Schlafly argued against equal rights for women on the ground that American women were already privileged and the equal rights movement was a fraud that would take away those privileges. She considered American women privileged because of the following factors: She believed that the institution of the American family based on Judeo-Christian traditions had taken into consideration the biologically unique position of the female sex and had provided protection and security to women. She believed that the Christian religion had a long tradition of honoring and respecting women because of which they have been placed on a pedestal position. She believed that the great American inventors through their inventions have made the life of American women easy and comfortable. The intended audience of the above document by Schlafly were conservatives and anti-feminists. She herself was a conservative and had a very paternalistic view of society. She considered women as child bearers and men as the provider and protectors of women and children. She wanted to preserve the institution of the traditional family because she considered that it placed women in a privileged position. The important factors revealed from Schlafly's speech that limited the success of the women's movement were as follows: Old conservative views towards women, family, religion, and society. Fear and insecurity of some women regarding the loss of security and protection offered by men and family. The perceived notion of a privileged position held by some women. Viewing biological differences between men and women as a pretext for unequal treatment of men and women. Women campaigning against equal rights for women was the biggest impediment.

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On what grounds does Schlafly argue against equal rights for women? Who is the intended audience of this document? Explain your answer. Put it in context*: What does Schlafly’s speech reveal about important factors limiting the success of the women’s movement?

On what grounds does Schlafly argue against equal rights for women? Who is the intended audience of this document? Explain your answer. Put it in context*: What does Schlafly’s speech reveal about important factors limiting the success of the women’s movement?