It is important to our nation that men and women have true equality. The Equal Rights Amendment is the first step and the first tool for equality. We must also have full birth control rights, including the right to an abortion to keep women able to persue the same opportunities men do. Similarily, affordable daycare is necessary to allow mothers to persue careers.

1. ERA
   I support the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA). See http://www.equalrightsamendment.org/ We've put racial equality into the constitution, it's insane that we do not add equality for women. We believe that women should not be treated worse than men. An amendment would give us a legal tool to ensure that.
2. Abortion Rights
   “Abortion should be safe, legal, and rare.” [Dem 2004] Abortion rights (and birth control) are fundamental to women's rights. Without the right to control when she gets pregnant, a women is forced to care for a child at a time she doesn't necessarily want to. And it reinforces gender roles by requiring a woman to take on the role of mother.
3. Daycare

Women's equality can not be achieved until there are reasonable day care options. Without daycare, a woman is forced to spend time as a full-time mother when she has young children. This keeps a woman out of the workforce, resulting in lost experience and creating and justifying lower salaries.

4. Dress Code Equality
   Any entity that has different standards of grooming and dress for men and women is guilty of illegal discrimination. For example, allowing women to have long hair and men not to. Or pierced ears. Or even allowing women to wear dresses and skirts and not allowing men to. Common organizations which fall into this category are schools, the military (I can fix that with an executive order once I get elected), and prisons.

5. Comparable Worth
   “We support comparable worth laws and affirmative action for women.” [SP-USA 2004]