Sex role stereotyping in the Sunday comics: A twenty year update

Sex Roles

Volumn 37, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 269-281

  Brabant, Sarah ^a   Mooney, Linda A ^b  

^a USL   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0031535994     PISSN: 03600025     EISSN: 15732762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1025604028966     Document Type: Article

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