What's your take on the ERA? I personally am against its passing, after researching for a school paper. I won't recite the entire thing here, but one of the key points I made was the issue of abortion.
Because the ERA guarantees equal rights under law, and the majority of feminists groups (i.e. NOW) are arguing that women are fundamentally different from men in that they have different needs, then the whole abortion issue comes into play.
Doesn't it seem like the first portion of a person's life is geared exclusively towards finding a "good" college? Sure, there's those first few years, where life is as simple as the next new toy, but as time progresses, everyone starts to realize that life funnels down to choosing a college.
This mamma-jamma of a sinkhole often envelopes every aspect of a teenager's life. I've seen it happen. From the Ivies on the East to the New Age Institutions on the West, and the flatlands in the Middle, the search for a college takes its toll on a student's grades, relations, and ultimately, life. How, you ask? Because no matter if the teen starts the process his junior year (over-achieving upstarts, and yes, I went there) to those that wait until the night before (what are they thinking?) all those hours spent filling out Common Apps, and Rare Apps, and everything in between, could have been spent doing homework, or leveling up your Rogue Dwarf, or watching a movie with a significant other.
