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Male and female subjects were asked to rate one of the following labels on a variety of evaluative dimensions: “equal rights for women” (ERW), “feminism” (FEM), “women's liberation” (WLN) and “women's lib” (WLB). It was found that there were differences among the labels, with ERW being the most positively evaluated and WLN being the most negatively evaluated. Furthermore, there were sex differences on some of the dimensions wherein females made more favorable evaluations than males. Subjects' ratings were mixed, being favorable on some dimensions and unfavorable on others. Interpretations and implications of the results are discussed.
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Jacobson, M.B. A Rose by any other name: Attitudes toward feminism as a function of its label. Sex Roles 5, 365–371 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00287404
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