Status Versus Behavior

Authors

Thomas Sowell, University of California, Los Angeles

Publication Title

Washington University Law Quarterly

Abstract

The central issue regarding the Equal Rights Amendment has been posed as whether men and women should have equal status. A more fundamental question is whether social decisions must be based on status rather than behavior-and "must" is the proper word when speaking of a constitutional amendment.

Recommended Citation

Thomas Sowell, Status Versus Behavior, 1979 Wash. U. L. Q. 179 (1979).
Available at: https://openscholarship.wustl.edu/law_lawreview/vol1979/iss1/20