Advice And Consent Does Not

And Of Course We Are Familiar With The English Common Law Rule Of Thumb That Said A Man Could In Fact Use A Stick No Bigger Than His Thumb To Discipline His Wife And Family.

Women Are Called Upon To Defend Every Bit Of Progress We Have Made Against Particularly Virulent Attack. But We Must Also Hold Out A Vision, Put Forth A Positive Agenda Of What Women Need And Want And Then Move Forward Toward That Dream.

We Have To Stop This Violence. We Have To Make The Political Nature Of The Violence Clear, That The Violence We Experience In Our Own Homes Is Not A Personal Family Matter, It's A Public And Political Problem. It's A Way That Women Are Kept In Line, Kept In Our Places.

When I Started Law School I Was Shocked To Learn That Our Legal System Traditionally Had The Man As The Head And Master Of The Family. As Late As The '70s And '80s When We Were Fighting For The Equal Rights Amendment, States Like Louisiana Still Had A Head And Master Law.

Whatever Congress Decides To Do, In All Fairness The Only Ones Who Should Vote On This Issue Are Members Who Themselves Have Never Had Sex Outside Of Marriage And Never Lied About Their Sex Lives Either Denying Or Exaggerating!