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The results of two studies are reported which focus on people's attitude toward, and misconceptions about, the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA). Study 1 found that when people are given the actual text of ERA, but not told what it is, they display more positive attitudes toward it than people who respond to the term “ERA” without being informed of its actual text. Study 2 found that people hold fewer misconceptions about, and more positive attitudes toward, ERA when they are informed of its actual text than when they are not. Strategy for ratification of ERA is discussed, as is the distinction between pro-ERA and anti-ERA misconceptions.
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Jacobson, M.B. Attitudes toward the equal rights amendment as a function of knowing what it says. Sex Roles 9, 891–896 (1983). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00289962
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00289962