Interaction and the conservation of gender inequality: Considering employment

American Sociological Review

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 218-235

  Ridgeway, Cecilia L ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENDER HIERARCHY; GENDER INEQUALITY; GENDER STEREOTYPE; GENDER STUDY; GENDERED LABOUR; SEX CATEGORIZATION; SOCIAL CHANGE;

EID: 0031451141     PISSN: 00031224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2657301     Document Type: Article

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