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Sonia Johnson

Obviously, the anti-ERA people are tickled about my ordeal because it proves that the ERA breaks up families. When they point out that feminism is a dangerous thing, I just say marriage is pretty precarious too.

Sonia Johnson

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Sonia Johnson is saying that opponents of the Equal Rights Amendment are happy about her personal struggles because they believe it shows the ERA causes family problems. She responds by arguing that marriage itself is already unstable, so blaming feminism for breaking up families is unfair.

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