Trending badgeTrendingPosted 2 hours agoSubscribe to BuzzFeed Daily NewsletterCaret Down12 Women's Rights Facts That Sound Made Up But Are, Unfortunately, RealWomen could only get a credit card in their own name in 1974.by Natasha JokicBuzzFeed StaffFacebookPinterestLink As a feminist hag, I think people have a tendency to forget just how recently women had to fight for basic rights (a fight that, unfortunately, is still going). FREDERIC J. BROWN / AFP via Getty Images So, her are some key moments in feminist history contrasted with their pop culture counterparts, for demonstration purposes: 1. There has been one female Vice President: Kamala Harris. This means that Love Is Blind has been a part of American history for longer than a woman VP. Pool / Getty Images 2. We had the right to abortion in the US for 49 years, until Roe V. Wade was overturned in 2022. Hugh Jackman is old enough to tell you about abortion being illegal, legal, and then illegal again in the US. Kent Nishimura / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images, Eric Charbonneau / Disney via Getty Images 3. Marital rape only became illegal in every state in 1993, making the movie Aladdin older than its criminalization. However, there are still marital rape loopholes in some states, resulting in it being punished less than non-marital rape. Christophe LEHENAFF / Getty Images/Photononstop RF 4. Women were officially banned from combat roles in the army until 2015, a year after the first Guardians of the Galaxy movie was released. In recent months, US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth has called for equal standards for men and women, despite this already being the case. Chip Somodevilla / Getty Images, (C)Walt Disney Co./Courtesy Everett Collection 5. Sandra Day O'Connor was sworn into the Supreme Court in 1981. Star Wars sequels have been around longer than women in the Supreme Court. David Hume Kennerly / Getty Images 6. In 2018, the First Step Act meant that menstrual products became free in federal prisons, meaning that Big Little Lies has been around longer than free tampons and sanitary pads in prisons. However, state prisons can still restrict hygiene products. Period poverty continues, as it's estimated that around 2 in 5 menstruators in the country overall struggle to purchase period products. LOIC VENANCE / AFP via Getty Images 7. Though the 19th Amendment became part of the Constitution in 1920, voting equality wasn't a reality for most women of color until the Voting Rights Act of 1965. Tom Cruise is almost three years older than this act. PhotoQuest / Getty Images, Dimitrios Kambouris / Getty Images 8. In 1978, the Pregnancy Discrimination Act was passed. In other words, you could listen to Rumors by Fleetwood Mac before you ensure that you wouldn't get fired for being pregnant (that is, if you work for a company of more than 15 people). Urbazon / Getty Images, Icon And Image / Getty Images 9. Unmarried people were only able to have the same right to contraception as married people in 1972, thanks to the Supreme Court decision on Eisenstadt v. Baird. As for married people having the right to get contraceptives, that was 1965. Sandra Bullock is older than both of these. Mindful Media / Getty Images, Mike Marsland / Mike Marsland/WireImage 10. Up until the 1974 Equal Credit Opportunity Act, you could legally refuse to give an unmarried woman a mortgage or require that they have a man co-sign with them. Married women usually had to ask their husbands for permission and a signature. So yes, Adam Scott is older than most womens' ability to buy a home. Ucpage / Getty Images/iStockphoto, Amanda Edwards / Getty Images for SAG-AFTRA Foundation 11. Similarly, the ECOA allowed women to get bank accounts and credit cards in their own name. Beforehand, even if you earned more than your husband, your card would still be listed under Mrs. Your Husband. We've had Adrian Brody more years than credit cards. Oleksandra Yagello / Getty Images, Marc Piasecki / Getty Images for Amend 12. Finally, the new Fantastic Four movie has been out longer than the right to maternity leave, because there is no federal right that covers all pregnant people. Nuttawan Jayawan / Getty Images Well, hopefully none of these get further rescinded!