"Equal protection under the law" is part of the 14th Amendment of the United States Constitution, but it's not always practiced. There is a city ordinance in Cleveland, Ohio, that states a woman cannot wear patent leather shoes. The reason behind that is the fear that men will use the reflective surface to see up a woman's skirt! Another Cleveland regulation stipulates that a woman cannot show her cleavage. Not that anyone is enforcing these rules today, but why are they still on the books?
Some states once had laws that prohibited women from working night shift jobs, because they were so weak and frail. Up until 1923, many states had laws against women wearing pants. Women in Washington State were prohibited from sitting at a bar until a lawsuit in 1969. They could be served if they were sitting at a table, though. These are all part of a roundup of strange, sexist laws in the United States. Most have been overturned, but you may be surprised at how recently that happened. A few of these laws are still valid, although not enforced, because who has time for such nonsense?
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