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Peer reviewedFoss, Sonja K. – Quarterly Journal of Speech, 1979
The Equal Rights Amendment controversy is studied as a conflict between two world views that are created by the rhetoric generated by proponents and opponents. Descriptions of the settings, actions, characters, and motivations of the opposing worlds reveal little common ground on which traditional argumentation can occur. (JMF)
Descriptors: Debate, Feminism, Identification (Psychology), Motivation
