In their campaign against the Equal Rights Amendment, antifeminist leaders __________________.
A. proposed progressive legislation to guarantee just compensation to working women and federal aid to working mothers
B. argued in favor of passing new laws that would relegate women to an inferior status in American society
C. argued that the ERA would decriminalize rape and make women subject to the military draft
D. engaged in a reasoned debate with those who supported the amendment
Answer: C
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