Political Science 2244E Lecture Notes - Lecture 20: Seneca Falls Convention, Nineteenth Amendment To The United States Constitution, Strict Liability
19 Jan 2018
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Section 1: equality of rights under law should not be denied or abridged by the united states or by any state on account of sex. Section 2: the congress shall have the power to enforce by appropriate legislation, the provisions of this article. Section 3: this amendment shall take effect two years. Us does(cid:374)"t elect (cid:373)a(cid:374)y wo(cid:373)e(cid:374: 80% of congress are men, 2016 = 2016 20 senate (20%), 85 house (19. 5%, below 18. 6% in n & s america, elect more in statewide offices (24%) Just lower than bulgaria: rwanda has most women. Sexism: women make emotional decisions where as men make rational deicions, polarization, examples: Sexualisation of women: almond & verba 63, old school blame women, women are politically backwards, political info women (cid:272)o(cid:374)su(cid:373)e is less tha(cid:374) (cid:373)e(cid:374), a(cid:374)d (cid:449)o(cid:373)e(cid:374) do(cid:374)"t (cid:448)ote, outside factors: duverger 55, voter hostility, party leaders. Reality: women do vote more, women are better educated than men right now, household duties for men is more common.
