Token resistance to sex: New perspectives on an old stereotype

Psychology of Women Quarterly

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 443-463

  Muehlenhard, Charlene L ^a   Rodgers, Carie S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0032389584     PISSN: 03616843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-6402.1998.tb00167.x     Document Type: Article

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