Status Versus Behavior

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The central issue regarding the Equal Rights Amendment has been posed as whether men and women should have equal status. A more fundamental question is whether social decisions must be based on status rather than behavior-and "must" is the proper word when speaking of a constitutional amendment.

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Constitutional amendments, Sex discrimination, Equal protection, Equal Rights Amendment

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Thomas Sowell (University of California, Los Angeles)

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