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🗓️ 23 November 2017

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

“Equal protection of the laws” was granted to all persons by the 14th Amendment in 1868. But for nearly a century after that, women had a hard time convincing the courts that they should be allowed to be jurors, lawyers, and bartenders, just the same as men. A then-lawyer at the ACLU named Ruth Bader Ginsburg set out to convince an all-male Supreme Court to take sex discrimination seriously with an unconventional strategy. She didn’t just bring cases where women were the victims of discrimination; she also brought cases where men were the victims. In this episode, we look at how a key battle for gender equality was won with frat boys and beer.

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0:00.0	This is more perfect, I'm Chad Abumrod.
0:10.0	Today, a story from our producer, Julie Longoria.
0:13.7	So I've been working on an episode about sex discrimination for like months now.
0:19.3	And we're supposed to release it.
0:21.3	Sexual harassment scandals have engulfed Harvey Weinstein, Senator Al Frank, Canadian
0:25.4	Louis CK this week.
0:27.6	Dr. Kevin Spacey and date Roy Moore today.
0:30.6	The story we're going to tell is not about sexual harassment, but I can't think straight
0:35.8	with all the stuff that's happening.
0:37.6	Look at what's happening with me.
0:38.6	Look at that at tipping point.
0:39.6	It's all that a watershed moment.
0:41.6	Thousands posted the claims online using the simple phrase Me Too.
0:45.0	This has been happening since the beginning of time, but now people are finally talking
0:48.4	about it.
0:49.4	And I can't help but think that we've seen this before.
0:52.6	It's outcry for public change and a backlash.
0:57.7	They claim there's a war on women out there.
1:00.1	No one takes them seriously.
1:01.8	If you can't handle some of the basic stuff that's become a problem in the workforce,
1:05.6	right?
1:06.6	Like you don't belong in the workforce.
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