https://www.thoughtco.com/stop-equal-rights-amendment-3528861

As much as it pains me to present this point of view, in the interest of clarity it is necessary to do so. The name of STOP ERA is based on an acronym for "Stop Taking Our Privileges." The campaign argued that women were already protected under the laws of the time and making ERA gender neutral would somehow deprive women of their special protections and privileges. Please read this and try to make sense of this position.