Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Mr. Chief Justice, and may it please the court, sex, like race, is a visible characteristic bearing no necessary relationship to ability. Sex, like race, has been made the basis for unjustified, or at least unproved assumptions concerning an individual who can't reach a woman.

Mr. Chief Justice, and may it please the court, sex, like race, is a visible characteristic bearing no necessary relationship to ability. Sex, like race, has been made the basis for unjustified, or at least unproved assumptions concerning an individual who can't reach a woman.

Mr. Chief Justice, and may it please the court, sex, like race, is a visible characteristic bearing no necessary relationship to ability. Sex, like race, has been made the basis for unjustified, or at least unproved assumptions concerning an individual who can't reach a woman.

I think people who want to keep women down would like nothing better than to women go off in the corner and speak only to women. Nothing would happen.

I think people who want to keep women down would like nothing better than to women go off in the corner and speak only to women. Nothing would happen.

I think people who want to keep women down would like nothing better than to women go off in the corner and speak only to women. Nothing would happen.

You need to persuade men that this is right for society. Part one of her strategy? Choose your words carefully. I had a secretary at Columbia who said, I'm typing these things for you and jumping out all over the pages, seconds after Don't you know that the audience you are addressing, the first association of those men with the word sex is not what you're talking about.

You need to persuade men that this is right for society. Part one of her strategy? Choose your words carefully. I had a secretary at Columbia who said, I'm typing these things for you and jumping out all over the pages, seconds after Don't you know that the audience you are addressing, the first association of those men with the word sex is not what you're talking about.

You need to persuade men that this is right for society. Part one of her strategy? Choose your words carefully. I had a secretary at Columbia who said, I'm typing these things for you and jumping out all over the pages, seconds after Don't you know that the audience you are addressing, the first association of those men with the word sex is not what you're talking about.

So why don't you use a grammar book term? Use gender.

So why don't you use a grammar book term? Use gender.

So why don't you use a grammar book term? Use gender.

And I think go slow is...

And I think go slow is...

And I think go slow is...

Because in Oklahoma State at the time... Oklahoma had a very silly law. Girls could buy beer at age 18, but the boys had to wait until 21.

Because in Oklahoma State at the time... Oklahoma had a very silly law. Girls could buy beer at age 18, but the boys had to wait until 21.

Because in Oklahoma State at the time... Oklahoma had a very silly law. Girls could buy beer at age 18, but the boys had to wait until 21.

So the thirsty boys at a fraternity brought this case.

So the thirsty boys at a fraternity brought this case.