Gender Equality - Examples - PT V

On 21/03/2024 from 10:00 at 12:00

Example 1: The Irish Family Referendum

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Example 2: The trad wives phenomenon

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Example 3: Child brides in the US

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Other outdated or outrageous state laws in the US:

Child marriage is still legal with parental consent or in the case of pregnancy in 20 states.
In Massachusetts, you can’t advertise birth control through the mail
Women cannot show ‘too much cleavage’ in Cleveland
In North Carolina, a woman cannot withdraw consent and call subsequent actions rape
Women cannot wear sleeveless tops or dresses to Congress
In Carmel, California, a woman must have a permit to wear shoes with heels that are over two inches high and less than one square inch thick
An unmarried woman in Florida cannot parachute on a Sunday, or else she’ll be fined or arrested
A man cannot seduce a corrupt, single woman in Michigan.
Rapists have parental rights in 7 states (Alabama, Maryland, Minnesota, Mississippi, North Dakota, New Mexico, Wyoming)
In Michigan, a wife must obtain her husband’s permission before she can cut her hair.
Women can’t wear pants in Tucson, Arizona.
Unmarried women cannot cohabitate with the opposite sex in Florida, Mississippi and West Virginia.
Women can be fired for a period leak in Georgia.
It’s illegal for women to bare their breasts in at least 10 states (ex: Utah, Arizona, Michigan and Georgia)
Upskirting is still legal in some states.
Not conscious, not rape. In 2016, an Oklahoma court ruled that it is not a crime to force someone to have oral sex if they are unconscious from drinking.