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- Ruth Bader Ginsburg: There are laws that say women can’t work overtime. And that a woman’s social security benefits, unlike her husband’s, don’t provide for her family after death.
- Student Protestor #1: What?
- Student Protestor #2: Excuse me?
- Student Protestor #1: That’s bullshit!
- Ruth Bader Ginsburg: Ten years ago, Dorothy Kenyon asked a question, “If the law differentiates on the basis of sex, then how will women and men ever become equals?” And the Supreme Court answered, “They won’t.” Hoyt lost her appeal. The decision was unanimous. Discrimination on the basis of sex is legal.
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(On the Basis of Sex)
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