Sensitivity to sexism and perceptions of reports about sexist events

Swiss Journal of Psychology

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 251-256

  Stangor, Charles ^a   Sechrist, Gretchen B ^b   Swim, Janet K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Discrimination; Memory; Prejudice; Sensitivity; Sexism

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033235683     PISSN: 14210185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1024//1421-0185.58.4.251     Document Type: Article

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