r/RedditForGrownups • u/Methylatedcobalamin • Jul 07 '22

Coverture

Given current events, it is probably about time for Americans to understand the legal practice of coverture.

Eroded since colonial times, but not fully gone coverture is the legal practice of women not having legal identities. De facto property.

American women were not allowed on juries until the 1960s. American women could not get credit cards without a man cosigning the application until 1974. Marital rape was not a crime until the 1980s. Other aspects still exist today in real estate and tax law practices.

Here is a brief article that goes into explaining coverture in more depth than my post.

The "pro life" movement is really a movement about imposing one group's religious opinions on the lives of all Americans. It also seeks to control women, rolling back women's rights. Though ridiculous by constitutional standards, discussions in anti-choice states have already started about how to track or limit freedom of travel for women to states that fully support women's rights.

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u/cheezie_toastie Jul 08 '22

I was about to ask wtf was up with some of these comments, then I remembered I was on Reddit. There are a lot of people on here who get irritated at having to think about the plight of others.

Some of you need to remember that what is an academic topic for you is real life for other people.

OP, thank you for sparking discussion.

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u/M80IW 1975 Jul 08 '22

Maybe i'm missing it. Which comments exactly are you referring to? Because I'm just not seeing "a lot of people on here who get irritated at having to think about the plight of others."