The excerpt below comes from the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA):
"Men and women shall have equal rights throughout the United States and every place subject to its jurisdiction"

Which statement explains why some women's rights activists opposed passage of the ERA.

Question

The excerpt below comes from the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA):
"Men and women shall have equal rights throughout the United States and every place subject to its jurisdiction" 

Which statement explains why some women's rights activists opposed passage of the ERA.

anonymous · Answer

A. They worried about a backlash against women if feminists gained power too quickly.
B. They believed that women already enjoyed more power than men in many areas of life.
C. They were worried that ratification of the ERA would erase legal benefits women had gained in the 1960's.
D. They did not think the ERA was strong enough to succeed in stamping out the sexism that existed in American society.

anonymous · Answer

I think it's C.

theyankee · Answer

Nope! They were worried that ratification of the ERA would erase legal benefits women had gained during the 1960s, believe it or not. Some women wanted more than equal rights and across the board equality would erase any chance of special treatment. Groups, schools or jobs restricted to women would be considered unlawful because it would be 'sexist' again men. Another fellow said it perfectly, and I'll quote him. "There were many soi-disant feminists who did not want a world of strict equality, but rather one in which women enjoyed special privileges in some areas, either to compensate for past inequalities or to compensate for special privileges enjoyed by men in other areas, or just because."

anonymous · Answer

That's what I said I think the answer is...

theyankee · Answer

Ooops! Yep! Sorry. Got mixed up with another formatting. Brain glitch!

anonymous · Answer

That's okay! Thank you for checking my work. :)