"Mrs. America" and the fight over the ERA
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 18 เม.ย. 2020
- A new TV series, "Mrs. America," dramatizes the battle fought by women for, and against, the Equal Rights Amendment in the 1970s, from feminists Gloria Steinem, Betty Friedan, Bella Abzug and Shirley Chisholm, to conservative advocate Phyllis Schlafly. Correspondent Erin Moriarty talks with the all-star cast, including Cate Blanchett, Rose Byrne, Uzo Aduba, Tracy Ullman, Sarah Paulson, Elizabeth Banks and Margo Martindale.
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At age 60, I remember this all so well. And, I remember that most women were homemakers. Shopping, kids, cleaning, yard/gardening, cooking, entertaining the husband’s boss and clientele, helping cultivate community outreach, volunteered, attended church, members of PTA....on an on. They were expected to act and present themselves in a certain way. Their husbands climbed the corporate ladder, many families “transferred” multiple times. Women acted as CEO of the household, budgeting and coordinating family events and Holidays. Go a step further, they are chauffeuring kids around to cheerleading, gymnastics, soccer, and making sure these kids were prepared for school, safe at the bus stop and did homework with the kids. Fast forward a few years.....do you know how many were taken care of OR taken advantage of? They were systematically divorced and traded in by their husbands for a younger woman. So how is this supposed to work, you are dumped, have no social security of your own, you were never compensated or really appreciated for your contribution. If you are one of the few that gets a reasonably fair deal, and some alimony for a limited time then you still have to navigate trying to keep your head above water, prices increase, medical care increases and women end up trying to work jobs at very low pay grades just to survive (not to mention dealing with corporate ageism). Women need to make the best most informed decisions, for every decision there is a positive or negative outcome. The world has changed greatly, but women are subject to the same BS we were in the 70’s. Women who want to be at home Mom’s should be celebrated, it’s hard work. Always have a backup plan, access to your own money and keep up your skills and continuing education. There are programs to help women achieve, grants and such. Do what you can to protect your life, your rights and your freedom to VOTE!
Well said!
Yes very well put.
Liberty AboveAllElse 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
I agree with you 100%! Women should have education, a profession and financial independence as well as a loving and supportive community already established around them. It is absolute folly for a woman to invest her whole life and the well-being of her children on a romantic relationship with a man, which can fail at any time or he can die, or become disabled or become addicted to drugs or abusive etc. Motherhood has zero to do with being financially dependent, uneducated and unskilled.
Accept your own role in this too. Liberals pushed for---and "won"---sexual promiscuity and easy divorce.
I love how this show openly portrayed the complexities with Feminism and women's rights. People tend to group feminism into these reductive stereotypes, but the movement has a complicated history surrounding civil rights, abortion, and gay rights as not every person involved in the movement agreed on these positions.
@Liberty AboveAllElse Nope
@Liberty AboveAllElse We don't hate all men. Just one's like you who have no idea just what feminism is.
@Liberty AboveAllElse And you're a straight, woman-hating, and I bet white, male. And do you have a problem with lesbians? Because they are amazing and aren't afraid to love who they want to love.
Well stated! I loved the series and especially the nuances amongst the characters on different political issues. Even amongst the conservative women, there were more moderate voices like Alice who wanted to compromise.
I can’t believe ERA still hasn’t been passed by all of the states. What are people so afraid of?
Anyhoo...Just watched the series and it’s great! Must watch!
the era would force women to sign up for the draft just as men should. stop era said they didn't want their daughters to be forced to fight foreign wars.
@@michaelvasquez1355 Actually the courts ruled last year that the all male registration system is unconstitutional and the National Commission recommended that women sign up, just the C19 virus and now George Floyd are in the front burners of Congress. However, they can stop registration as it is meaningless as they can obtain the names elsewhere more efficiently. Keep in mind women are in combat today and have been during the entire War on Terror so if women can join they can be compelled or men can't be compelled. Actually the National Commission is calling for a total re-gutting of the draft laws as they realize no one can be forced into the military, won't work.
@@janefelix3821 I didnt know about the texas court deeming this aspect unconstitutional, but it's going to be appealed in the fifth circuit so we shall see. But seeing as this happaned in 2019 and the stop era movement began in the 1970's I think the argument still stands with my original statement.
@@michaelvasquez1355 Yes but the only justification on allowing women to be exempted was that the military did not deploy women into combat areas. Now that the DoD dropped all gender restrictions and not only formally requested women to be added to increase the pool they even stated that not having women hurts the country. While the National Service Commission's report will not be used in this case, the DOJ is not justifying the constitutionality of excluding women, they are using technicalities to stall, knowing they have no legal argument. This is the 3rd time the National Coalition of Men brought suit since 2013. it was dismissed twice, once in 2013 since the DoD was still studying women in combat and once in 2017 since the plaintiffs lived in Texas and Louisiana but the case was filed in San Francisco. Essentially the Commission's report, 255 pages, states that it is pure discrimination to exclude women and robs the country of its total talent. If this case goes against the NCM, then the next case will use the Commission's report, which was tailor written to end the all male system. It not only says that women should be added, calling it blatant discrimination, but that there are numerous non-military alternatives which the person can do, thus allowing to opt-out of the military.
Given that Joe Biden will pick a female VP running mate and there is a high chance that he may not last the term, if elected, there is no way society will accept a female leader and a Congress that is close to 30% female and allow for blatant discrimination of men based on a statue that is over 40 years old. That is one of the reasons why there has been zero talk about a draft since 9/11 even though there have been more troops deployed now than in either Korea or Vietnam, both of which claim to have needed conscription. Keep in mind in the 1970s there were no female Senators and maybe 5 in the House. Also, it was not until 1976 that the Service Academies accepted women.
@Liberty AboveAllElse There are men's rights groups. They were the one who had the ruling against selective service in 2019 which is currently being appealed. They also factored into the National Service Commission's report that any future conscription should be coed and the report clearing states that excluding half the country is hurting our national security.
Honestly leaving all the politics aside. What a bunch of badass women.
I sometimes feel that people are so blind in one perspective that they comment as if the show was defending her or attacking ... ridiculous, from what I watched I believe they found a good tone. It seems that these people didn't even watched.
You may not know this, but you can find the original interviews and debates on TH-cam. They show that Hulu absolutely corrupted her image and made up lies to make her look uneducated, inexperienced and hateful.
@@agent_k9508 ? I watched the interviews before seeing the show, and I disagree with you, watching the show she didn't give me any of that. you guys who already watch waiting for the series to paint her like a saint or a monster.
@@agent_k9508 If anything the series is too kind to Schlafly. They even portray her as pro-Black!
@@jessica5497 If you did watch the debates you'll know that the show lied about Schlafly fabricating a court case during the debate with Brenda-Feigen-Fasteau, when in fact it was Feigen-Fasteau who was caught making things up.
I'm in the UK, and I absolutely loved this series. Really cleverly written, the acting is awesome too. It was interesting from a historical point of view too, just knowing what those women did, and ultimately how similar they actually were. I also had no idea that this was still a thing...hopefully things like this series light a fire.
The series was well acted but it was not based on the truth. Research for yourself
Excellent series. I somehow missed it when it first came out a year ago, but just discovered it and binged it. Watching this, you see how little has changed not just for women, but in politics.
This comment section is a war zone.
I find that those whom feel the need to insult the "other sides" perspective beyond rational consideration of what's being said/debated are insecure with assessing their own beliefs in a critical manner, which is essential when it comes to having a heart to heart mind to mind discussion on the problems at hand.
The issue is that the show is one sided and even makes up events to prove its point
@@TristanSmith99 I don't perceive it as one sided. They were 2 sides of the same coin.
The impression it gave me is that regardless of the "side", the ideals or beliefs held will always be held out of reach for meaningful conversation, consideration & compromise because being right is more valuable than doing what is right. Pride over mind. Power over morality.
Also fear makes a mess of things. Phillis saw the WRM as a threat & a power grab and rather than contacting their leaders and trying to understand where they were coming from she jumped straight into attacking. The leaders of the WRM weren't much better because instead of trying to COMMUNICATE their reasoning & purpose to the women who were resistant/fearful of the change they mocked them.
The show literally changed the debate to make phyllis look bad
@@TristanSmith99 do you have proof? Are are just concerned with being right?
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Hearing Rose's natural accent still surprises me
This was one of the first things I voted on as a teenager. It’s BS that this is not law already.
I would love to see this topic be the next addressed in this country ♡
OMG! Some things haven't changed since the 70s.
Sadly we went right back
I learning a lot from the serie.
@Liberty AboveAllElse So what? I suspect the instances may have been fictionalized, but I bet the drift is correct.
One of her biggest fears of the ERA was the draft, as it was still in existence in 1972. However, we don't have one, nor is there any talk of one, nor can one be done today. She feared women in combat, like the 300,000 who have been deployed since 9/11. The DoD deploys women. Also, had the courts, in 1981, ruled against the all male system, the Senate Armed Forces committee said, in advance of the ruling, that they would not require women, they would dump the system. So with an ERA, selective service would never have come back.
As to single sex bathroom, coed scouts, funded abortions, that all has come without the ERA, just took longer.
Sadly it shows their agenda will be pushed no matter how hard ppl try to stop it
It's 2020 and we've still never had a female president or vice-president. You've got a long way to go, baby....
Because there weren't any to qualify
We don't need a female president to be equal.
@@garrybug907 I think there were women who were qualified to be president but probably did not want to subject themselves to living their lives in a fish-bowl or being under constant public scrutiny
Well we have a female vice-president now 6 months later from when you made that statement. So we're not too far off now. True we still may have a long way to go but at least now there's more chances. 🙂👍
Uh, about that 😁
OMG was that Character Actress Margo Martindale !!
Wait, the ERA didn't pass?!!! WTF!!! I'm not kidding, I'm not american, I started to watch the show and I can't believe it. It's 2020 guys! what are you waiting for? (btw spoilers)
Una que pasaba por aqui Maybe you should the learn about America before suggesting amendments to our constitution?
I doubt it is anywhere as good for women where you live than it is here.
@@Clirene Well, I'm sorry for being so shocked than women can still be discriminated on the basis of sex because your costitution doesn't fully protect you (and yes, I googled the ERA to be sure it meant what I thought it means) It is pretty shocking for a western european. Honestly it's 2020, it's so hard to believe.
@@unaquepasabaporaqui8384 Except if all you needed was Google, we wouldn't need the Supreme Court.
We don't discriminate on the basis of sex. But we don't treat men and women the same. Because our women have privileges that men don't.
Our constitution protects everyone from the government. That's the difference between your constitution and ours: in yours the gov tells you what you may or may not do, and ours tell our gov what IT may or may not do.
So, yes, it's hard to believe that there are still people in Europe who let the gov run their lives.
@@Clirene LOL!
@@unaquepasabaporaqui8384 No rebuttal? Proves me right!
Such a much Needed Series as We Always have to Fight for our Equal Rights every time! As A gay man I can Relate to OUR plight especially throughout the AIDS Crisis! We shall Have a United Country if and Only If we Except ALL of it's Citizens!
Keep fighting!
They're already there.
Blanchett is amazing in this role
The way you want to live your life is your business. There are women that want to 'work' in their home as homemakers, and there are women who prefer to work outside the home. Neither is wrong or right. When, we, society, stop imposing our beliefs on other people, there will be no need for this type of dialogue. Bipartisanship will be obsolete. It's coming, and I hope I'm alive to see it. This IS the age of Aquarius....
@Liberty AboveAllElse as evidenced by what?
Literally NO sources (except one via a SCOTUS)... you're entitled to your beliefs...but they are only opinions until proven with facts. Not sure why you believe a 75 y/o Florida guy for all your information I see you picked up your social skills for him. #bebest there
@@RedRooster123 also the party who says if you don’t want a man to play in women’s sports you are transphobic, or how about censoring a sitting president at the time? Speech for me but not for thee. Left=hypocrites
@@ashleyjessen4229 1. Trans women take medication which reduces their testosterone and muscle mass.. you're aware of this, yes? 2. If by censoring you mean holding accountable, yes. Not sure why you would make excuses for illegal behavior.... solely based on status???? You are aware there is a line of secession or power... POTUS isn't the only one who can run the country. What type of relationships have you been in where you let bad behavior slide and make excuses for? Sounds like you need to question your own life choices.
@@RedRooster123 No I dont need to question my life choices I am on the right side of history. Haha you don’t believe in freedom of speech or expression at all, you simply like the speech that agrees with YOU. How convenient that all the illegal ways of communicating are your political opponents? I think most dictators would agree with that reasoning.
Interesting to watch historical events of the country.Cate Blanchett👏👏👏
Vokk Kkov if only they were accurately portrayed
Irene Kkov - Hollywood always has an agenda.
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Vokk Kkov “historical” fixed
Ahistorical 👏👏👏
Great
Still haven’t passed it and they rolled back Roe v Wade- time to look at their blueprint and KEEP FIGHTING
Democrats power is gonna be taken away more
Everyone deserves Equality! No matter your race, gender, sexual orientation, etc. Its not about comparing anything to do with men to women its about whats equal is equal! Leave abortion out of it, the next lady having an abortion has nothing to do with me and my household, you make those kinds of decisions for yourself! Being a worker outside of the home, stay at home Mom/Wife (worker inside of the home), or both is something that we should all be able to chose for ourselves. But what it comes down to is I work just as hard as the next person so I should be paid equal, my rights should be equal, I should be treated equal! At the end of the day we are all human!
MesaE030 Exactly!!
We need to close the homeless death gap!
Don’t forget EQUAL PAY FOR ALL.
4:34 BISMUTH FROM STEVEN UNIVERSE
Oh my goD
@Pedro Nonato Yep that's Her, Her Name is Uzo Aduba
Amazing show 💙
What I love about this show is how it just tells the facts. There is no leaning towards right or left, just re-telling the story! Bravo!
Oh so not true. It paints Phyllis as a bad woman
Except it doesn’t. Completely ahistorical
It doesn't 'just tell the facts.' If only it did. It depicts Phylis Schlafly making up a court case when debating Brenda Feigen-Fasteau, when in fact it was Feigen-Fasteau who was caught making things up. Brazen propaganda.
th-cam.com/video/KBt5tCGV1sI/w-d-xo.html watch this fact where it show the lies the show potrays to make phyllis lies
Natalie that’s not true at all. This series is in no way factual! You are very deceived and have not researched on your own. If you believe 1 ounce of this series then I have some purple unicorns I would like to sell you
I love CBS Sunday Moning. Me and my girl try to catch it every week. I have to disagree with Kate Blanchet, i think history is damn entertaining in its own right. You get caught up in the story and, look at that, u leaned something
@Christopher Berryhill...."..u leaned something". Well, not the correct spelling of the word learned. LOL
I remember ERA advocates promising that physical standards would be set that would keep women out of combat.
yup...seems some law cases and some outstanding, determined American female patriots kinda' tossed that out of the window.
As of 2016, women are allowed to join combat units in the military.
Well, that would also keep them out of other physical jobs like working as a police officer, firefighter, coal miner, etc. etc.
@@americancitizen748 Well it did. but similarly, individual women proved themselves at those jobs as well in the intervening years. I think that the last of the "male only" jobs were in the military.
Do they want equal outcome or only equal reward[s]?
The only question I want to know is does Tracey Ullman any get any profits from The Simpsons
Waaaaay back when Fox TV started (yeah, not too long ago, it didn't exist), Tracey Ullman had a weekly variety show on there. One of the show's segments was a short, 2-3 minute animated short of the Simpson family. She owns part of the show.
she's worth 115m, I think she does, where else did she got her money?
Idk but she looks great!
@@MRmauroo26 She was big time in England before she showed up on TV in the States. Even had some quick bits in a McCartney video.
I liked the part where they just completely rewrote the events of that debate to make it seem like the exact opposite thing happened.
if ur upset about the accuracy of a tv show intended for entertainment purposes, go watch a documentary on the events intended for educational purposes instead and not a fictionalized television show. jfc
womp womp - I think you misspelled “propaganda.”
I think it was dishonest of the show not to speak with Schlafly's daughter. She would have corrected many of the inaccuracies which the show's producers clearly did not want to happen. Those inaccuracies are basically on-ramps for modern feminists interested in either pouring hate on Schlafly or dismissing her as nothing more than a sympathetic figure surrounded by and controlled by the oppressive patriarchy. This narrative isn't accurate but it makes for a compelling revision of history.
The show is basically a propaganda piece. You will never discover anything that contradicts the ideology they are trying to brainwash people with.
Sure Jan
I watched the show and I thought it showed Schlafly pretty accurately. She was full of fear, hate, repressed anger... in a very nice hairdo with servants and a tolerant husband.
You don't think Schlafly's daugther has an agenda? You don't think she would lie or soften her mother's positions? Phyllis herself would say she was ok with working women, which isn't correct. She was "ok" but encouraged women to be domestic and believed the pay gap was ok
Betty Friedan was the wife of a big publisher, she had more help getting her voice heard than most. She wasn’t a housewife. What would the ERA do exactly?
The ERA would force women to be drafted if the draft ever started again. Allowing the state to take care of our children. Like most liberal agendas they are packaged in a pretty bow ie the name but inside the box is nothing but corruption. It would actually take away the freedoms of women in America. The socialist agenda has been propagated for a very long time by Hollywood.
Composite characters are always iffy
Carol Jenkins - name one poll that says that. Name one.
Oh how the turn tables.
"Don't name thirty. Just name one" Even back then they couldn't give a straight answered.
Omizuke Right?! She couldn’t name 1! Because it didn’t exist. She had to be really lazy to be so unprepared to debate Phyllis
@@Clirene She underestimated her opponent assuming she was just some uneducated housewife. Huge mistake, you *never* underestimate an opponent. Debate 101. I've mop the floor with people with PhD on debates because they think have higher education diploma make them smarter. Diploma only tell me two thins for sure, that they have the means, and they can retain some info long enough to regurgitate on a piece of paper. Assuming they didn't cheat. Many don't even remember what they put on those exams couple years later. And even if your opponent isn't very bright, if its well prepare with factual information they will beat you if you don't have all the info, even if you are normally smarter. So it is better to always be prepare to battle a genius.
Neither side mentioned woman in other countries. Who are treated terribly still. Like wear8ng Burkas. Or girls nor be8ng able to go out without an escort or go to school. I watched the woman's liberation movement in the 70 s was a 16 yr old . I didn't know how bad women were treated in other countries I would of liked to be educated about it back then.
Rose Mary Parker Well the ERA proponents didn’t even let the black American women to have any meaningful roles in their movement so why would they care about other countries? Plus they already knew that the American women were the most fortunate creatures that ever lived. The ERA would take away from women. It was nothing but a power grab for the select elite of the upper class white women.
@@Clirene - I don't feel the same as you about a "power grab". I clearly remember that they wanted equality in many things for many women and equal pay was right up there as a hope. So far that hasn't happened. I can't imagine anyone who still feels as though equal pay for equal work is fair. I'm 72 and remember that time very well.
Les D I’m sorry you still feel that way. Although I’m 20 years younger I have always been paid fairly for my work. Equal pay for equal work is the only fair system and it was the law of the land before the ERA came around.
See Phyllis on Phil Donahue where a woman who was about 80 in 1970 something tell Donahue that she always received fair treatment and pay.
How would you want to be paid?
Well the show is called Mrs. *America*
It’s interesting that they are acting as if this Hulu series is factual history of Schlafly(PS). I only could watch the 1st episode, because it’s so inaccurate and obviously has an agenda. Like PS or not, this series is basically giving the exact opposite optics of what went on with PS. Rose Byrne just said PS was never home with her kids during all of this. Really? She had her last kid in 1964 or 65 and didn’t take on the ERA until 1972. She home schooled all of her kids until they could read. They portrayed her in Mrs. America as leaning on her husband for her choices and finances. She sold 3m books from just 1 of I think 26 books she wrote just before taking on the ERA. I’m thinking that was a lot of income that SHE earned and in every biography her husband supported her decisions 💯. They also portrayed a strained/resentful relationship with her mother. Just a complete lie. I watched a couple breakdowns of her debates of the show vs what really happened. The show spun them the exact opposite. Like she was unprepared and couldn’t answer questions even panicking. This is an attempt to rewrite history. PS is being grossly misrepresented.
True.
I COMPLETELY AGREE with you
I saw a woman who was very strong and accomplished in PS, who had her husband's support. Not every woman has such a life.
This is there way of getting back at PS for making them look like fools.
I STILL find it utter hilarious + ironic that Phyllis Schalfly had/has a Gay Son! Talk about the irony, serves her right! Lol
Absolutely!! 😂
What is the irony? Are you suggesting that being gay is a bad thing?
Some would call it "poetic justice". It's rich, if nothing else.
SWLinPHX So if you’re against crime but your son is a criminal that would be poetic justice?
Better not be against crime, my dear
Irene Klein Oh please, I’m gay! I just find it utterly ironic that one of the things(gay people) that she loathed most, ended up in her family! 😂👌🏾🏳️🌈
Now pay wages are low, thanks women
Did not know what the fuzz about the ERA was, but after this, I’m no fan of the ERA
No problem with ERA with an Equal Responsibilities Amendment. No more quotas and no more excuses. I'm all for equal opportunity with equal necessity for proven competence for any needed position. That includes fairness and equal rights and penalties in courts as well. Favoritism and racism must then be eliminated on all sides. The old school feminism for equal opportunity is certainly correct; however, the recent 3rd wave feminists do NOT want equal rights but indeed want quotas, favoritism in court, blatant federal funds exclusively for being a woman (such as business ownership grants not afforded to males), and certainly do NOT want to be forced into military conscription at 18 years old like males. No more awards, nor grants, nor scholarships for any group designation whatsoever would be a true ERA; it would have to be based on proven competence and would have to be only in private institutions to avoid public conflicts of interest. Somehow, I never hear that responsible part of equal from feminists screaming "believe her" or "me too" with no proof whatsoever from decades in the past disregarding juris prudence or established laws for accused in court when it comes to many men (Duke lacrosse players and so many others proven falsely accused had NO lawful rights in court while false accusers received no punishment for ruining innocent lives). So bring on ERA, I dare you third wave feminists! The abuses of false victimization would also then come to an end and perhaps hypocrite 3rd wave feminists will not like that. True honorable women and men would love a bonafide equal and respectful world which would show the plethora of lies to all like unequal pay in 2020 which has several factors beyond false calls of unequal prejudice.
Agreed. With the way things have been going, men would probably out number women in support of the ERA!
the last two episodes in particular were obvious overt propaganda
What do you mean?
What rights are women after that they don’t already have? Do they finally want to be eligible for the draft?
That is not a right for women - it is their ultimate fear. Women want all the benefits and none of the responsibilities.
Equal pay for equal work
Milhouse which they already get
Luke K Not according to numerous studies
Milhouse that doesn’t take account the whole picture..men make more money on average..cuz they work longer hours and choose to work more dangerous jobs. Also many women didn’t want the era cuz they could be drafted..I’m all for women having to be drafted;)
Phyllis Schlafly was a true Christian, lady, and scholar! What a brilliant mind and a courageous heart.
Wait...bahaha!! Ohh, the things people convince themselves of.
@@tyrellanderson4722 Wait....are you under the impression Netflix told the truth about her? Do you think they may have a political agenda in how they spun her story? I encourage you to read her books and articles and then decide.
@@yukonjack8103 - I was 21 years old when Schlafly came to prominence and I read and listened to EVERYTHING that came out on her, watched her debate and had discussions with my mom on the topic. We BOTH felt like Schlafly was scared that her lifestyle and other housewives of America would lose their exalted place in society in the post war 50's and 60's as - after all- isn't that what our boys and men fought for???? The government pushed the agenda to end the war, come home and marry your sweetheart, raise kids, have a home, get a car and travel around America. Yet many, many women wanted the personal stability of having a job, taking care of themselves and not being an appendage to their husband. Schlafly spoke like she wanted American women to give up their self-worth and turn over their security to someone else. I was not a fan in 1973 of hers and think she did a disservice to many other women by not finding a middle ground on this issue.
@@lesd1051 Thank you for your reply. My take on her work was different. She grounded human self-worth in the Judeo-Christian ethic. One does not have to be a Jew or a Christian to recognize and appreciate the value of this paradigm. People made in the Imago Dei have worth at conception. No person can bestow it to us, we are endowed with it. Men and women are different but equal. There is a complementarity between the sexes which makes the union (marriage) of the two greater than the sum of its parts. Does a woman or a man have to marry to realize their fullest potential? NO! Phyllis taught about numerous leaders who never married, yet she still valued marriage as the nuclear center for all of civilization. Much of the Women's Rights Movement rejected these premises and that is what Phyllis fought against so vociferously.
Women still struggle with pregnancy rights and the overturning of roe v. Wade
Is this schalfly womam not the one that said marital rape cant occur because the woman has signed herself to her husband, when they got married...😂😂😂
and this is the show that shamelessly depicted her husband raping her despite it never happening. Classy!
Liberty AboveAllElse yeah because once you get married that is you consenting to sex at any time for as long as you are in that marriage...is that what you are saying?
@@quickbane1 if she made that statement, there is a 90% possibility there was a chance she had sex with her husband when she didnt want to, and you are the only one calling it rape, because that is what you want to see, she still consented so its not rape.
Liberty AboveAllElse so if someone doesn’t want to have sex it’s ok to force them because your married...sounds like a really great relationship. I’ll never understand why people want to defend hurting others.
Gloria steinam "didn't want to give her any air time" 5:55 , have you seen Gloria in debate? she's horrible and Mrs. Schlafly would have wiped the flood with her.
Cate Blanchett is much too attractive to play Phyllis Schlafly.
Nice, but no.
What a ridiculous idea. She’s acting.
I HATE Phyllis Schlafly.
@Geria Wright Maybe she needs to put more spouge on her face like Schlafly did.
Phyllis was a beautiful woman and Blanchett is a dude. So you’re right this wasn’t cast well
What’s wrong with staying home with the kids? I don’t get it. Unless until there in school.
Phylis Schlafly was right !!!
Phyllis was a prophet she was right about what she said back then like gender neutral bathrooms they laughed at her when she said that would happen
Judging by the comments, people are getting wise to the feminist BS. Let women look at both sides accurately and decide for themselves.
What's the feminist bs?
theindian mom all of it. As to the ERA the BS is that women don’t have equal rights as men.
They didn't back in the 70s. Women were treated as second class citizens, unlike today, of course.
I Sang Women in the 1970s were treated much much better than today. They had privileges!
@@Clirene The privilege to be raped by their husband without it being illegal... the privilege to not have their own bank account? please do go on...
Annoying!!! Phyllis Schafly was not at all as portrayed - she was a much more formidable and happy character. Disgraceful portrayal by this film. And we can check - as there is original footage. Just check that out.
BYRNE is a bore, just like she was in Damages. Amazing that Gloria hasn't said as much.
The false history is this series
What part was false?
Yolie 1999 I started watching Mrs.America because I was curious about that time in history. I was just a small child, I remember glimpses of things in the news, but was basically unfamiliar with any of these people that were portrayed in the series.
As I watched it, I started looking up the actual debates, interviews, news clips, etc. and things weren’t jiving. So, what I discovered is that at the beginning of each episode where it says it was all based on actual events, true, but they had changed or made up a lot of it. They’re tilt or spin on things at times was so far from what was the truth, it was basically made up in multiple instances. My recommendation is to research it, TH-cam and the internet is an incredible tool and there’s incredible access to the actual events, interviews and debates that actually occurred. That’s what I discovered.
@@Yolie-jk7ng th-cam.com/video/KBt5tCGV1sI/w-d-xo.html you can watch this clip to start
But see its completely one sided.
From what I've seen of the show so far I feel that they really show both sides of the story but that's my opinion
Adrian Garcia I agree.
@@AdrianGarcia-ig1eh meh not really, it's not accurate
Adrian Garcia you could only consider this equal if you don’t know history. Hence they waited after Phyllis’s death to peddle this BS to the ignorant
@@Clirene Yeah, the BS peddler was Schlafly herself and the proof of that is the fact that her Eagle Forum posts on You Tube refuse comments. Her supporters know that her ideas have always been without merit and belong in the dustbin of history, as does Schlafly.
The show lies 💯.
How so?
The show is full of lies and it is really disheartening
We love you Phyllis!
The ERA has flatlined. It is dead. Thank God for Phyllis Schlafly, a brilliant, articulate and classy woman.
Love Phyllis Schlafly!
I hope not. None of her thoughts are based in fact - she's a mess.
Not every woman wants the ERA tbh. It would be a night mare for many. Also men and women are not the same I don’t understand what’s so hard to understand that. Why do women want to be the same as men? That has nothing to do with having equal opportunity, you want to be exactly seen as men that’s disgusting, I never seen so much women hate themselves and other women as well. I am so glad I am a woman and not a man, I don’t want to be seen as being the same as a man, I love myself I love my gender I love womanhood if I can die and come back to life again it would be as a woman again.
@@jelayastewart4804 You're an idiot.
elanacar your mother
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And If you don’t agree with what I said you and your mother are idiots lol.
Because many of those women were lesbians as they admitted at that’s conference in Texas that turned everyone off and lost their case for them
@@Clirene I hope I don't seem rude or obnoxious. Genuinely asking, what does being lesbian have to with this? I don't see how being attracted to women corresponds with hating womanhood or "wanting to be seen as a man".
Very biased, anti-family, anti-conservative and prejudiced show. The show was highly criticized by not only people on the Right but people on the Left as well.
Why?
@@summerspring5930 I'll let you figure that one out!
Sadly the ERA is not going to help women.
Kate Oelerich what kind of help do you think women need?
Irene Klein I don’t think women need any help but I do think that the ERA is going to hurt women more then it will help us.
Kate Oelerich absolutely! It was always a fraud.
I like Phyllis bcoz I don't support abortion .
Shirley Chisholm was as thin as a rail. The actress playing her here...not so much.
Yes, it is disappointing that they could not choose another fine African American actress who resembled Ms Chisholm in size.
Why does size even matter? Have you seen the show? The woman who plays Shirley does a amazing job. That’s all that matters.
This comment's the reason, amongst the other cancer comments here, why feminisms as movements are still so damn important. It's disheartening to see how so many still don't get that.
LOL, Steinem and Friedan didn't want to debate Schlafly anymore because they didn't want to give her anymore airtime... Hah, You mean they were tired of getting their -sses kicked by a much smarter woman with real answers and facts. And I don't think Phyllis was rude about it, she was just so much smarter and more prepared than the Feminists. My favorite Phyllis line was "I just don't understand why they would want a woman like Gloria who has never been married or had a child, talking about marriage and children." Classic.
@@CopyAndConversations LOL, well someone thinks she did. Maybe that burns you?
@@CopyAndConversations I think you improperly called "opinions" facts. But that happens on the Liberal MSM all the time, so maybe you come by it naturally. I don't know what burns you reference. But my opinion is that Phyllis "burned" every Liberal, Feminist rat she encountered, left them mumbling to themselves. Great example of a real Woman.
disgusting Blanchette is playing the great Phyllis Schlafly
This is an unfair and biased show against Ms. Phyllis. There is very little truth to this show. I'm glad this did not pass.
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See Michelle Malkin's post of April 15 on the American Renaissance web site: "Phyllis Schafly: Godmother of America First."
She was conspiracy theorist and had no basis for her weak argument other than religion.
Tyrell Anderson ERA was not a religious debate but a legal one and Schlafly’s side won it with flying colors.
@@Clirene Mmmm, you don't think she wasn't coming from a religious standpoint? Hmmm.
Phyliss was a hero. The Netflix show about her life was dishonest to say the least. ERA has been renamed GAY RIGHTS 👎