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The Fourteenth Amendment was ratified after the Civil War, Yet the first Supreme Court equal protection ruling relates to gender was not made until the 1970's in Reed v Reed.Which of the following is a reason for the disparity between the promises and protections of the Constitution and the reality of women's experiences?A:The Supreme Court lacked enforcement power.B:Societal norm persisted despite legal protections.C:The Nineteenth Amendment needed to be ratified first.D:Equal protection only applied to racial discrimination.

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Answer: The correct answer is Societal norms persisted despite legal protections. I just took the quiz and made 100.

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The correct answer is Option D: Equal protection only applied to racial discrimination when talking about the Fourteenth Amendment.

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Even thought the 14th amendment should have protected women rights it only specified protection for racial biased. Reed v Reed was a case that now Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg fought against the Supreme Court.

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