Ruth Ginsburg, the main character in “On The Basis of Sex” recalling Dorothy Kenyon cites, ‘’if the law differentiates on the basis of sex, then how will women and men ever become equals?’’. Here is a starting assertion that emphasizes what it is about throughout the entire movie. All along with the movie, we are revisiting the 1900s, when the fate of women was very sad. A century in which women were seen as housewives meant to stay uniquely home, handle chores and live under the supremacy of men.

It is heartbreaking to see how gender was synonymous with blockade during that years and sad to figure out how some of society’s components suffered from legal discrimination. Why calling that <<legal discrimination>>? simply because many of the wrong views of society were conferred by laws. Or some discrimination was ignored by the government and that silence was a synonym of approval. How could people from that era believe that the abilities of women should be limited to the primary tasks of society?  Unfair as treatment and contemptible since we all human beings ‘’born free and equal in dignity and rights’’ as highlighted by the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

          However, the dedication of people like Ruth has not been waste because multiple acts were taken for instance in 1963. It is about the Equal Pay Act of 1963, the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Fair Housing Act… All these bills are ‘’radical social change’’ as asked in the movie. Therefore, these acts are proof of a change in the mindset of society. Even though nowadays, gender discrimination still occurring, we cannot forget that we have known worse before and our society has evolved.  As proof of the existence of discrimination based on gender, we have the ‘’Executive Order on Preventing and Combating Discrimination on the Basis of Gender Identity or Sexual Orientation’’ promulgated by President Biden on January 21.

           We acknowledge the work of Mrs. Ginsburg and others who fought for Civil Rights and the blossoming of our society. Their war has paid off and keeps paying off because the social scale is balanced day by day and the mindsets are evolving reasonably. Even if we had the Black Lives Matter during the last year, we won’t reject everything because all the components of the society, without distinction of gender or race, condemned these regrettable assassinations.