Cate Blanchett credited as playing...
Phyllis Schlafly
- Phyllis Schlafly: Your husband supports you, uh, leaving your children on a Saturday afternoon?
- Jill Ruckelshaus: Yes. He wants me to have my own life, my own career.
- Phyllis Schlafly: Well, there's nothing stopping you from doing just that.
- Jill Ruckelshaus: Do you know what I had to do to get my commission funded? I had to let more than a dozen congressman put a hand on my arm, my hip, my backside. More than a dozen demanded to see my pretty smile before they agreed to sign on. I had to say, "You'd be our hero" and "You have so much clout" more times than I can remember. And that is nothing compared to what those secretaries on the Hill are dealing with on a daily basis.
- Phyllis Schlafly: But don't you think those kind of women are really just inviting it?
- Jill Ruckelshaus: I'm sorry?
- Phyllis Schlafly: Well, virtuous women are rarely accosted by unwelcome sexual propositions.
- Jill Ruckelshaus: Let me tell you something about those kind of women, Phyllis. They could be me. They could be you. They're just trying to get a fair shake. They wanna go to work, get paid, go home. They're not asking to be harassed, manhandled, degraded, assaulted.
- Phyllis Schlafly: You're so angry.
- Jill Ruckelshaus: How dare you?
- Phyllis Schlafly: Well, with only one state ratified in over two years, even with White House support and a $5 million check from Congress, it must be terribly frustrating for you.
- Jill Ruckelshaus: You wanna get ahead climbing on the shoulders of men, Phyllis, fine. Just know they're looking right up your skirt.