Some people think that making New York's constitution gender-neutral is a waste of time.
Others believe the modifications will have no impact on how many women get involved in government. But the proposal on this November's ballot really does have signficance, even if only symbolic. Why this has come up shouldn't really come as a surprise. New York has had three female lieutenant governors, and the state Assembly is 23 percent female. The state's constitution was written in 1777 and has been amended numerous times since.