Sex-role stereotyping in television commercials: A review and comparison of fourteen studies done on five continents over 25 years

Sex Roles

Volumn 41, Issue 5-6, 1999, Pages 413-437

  Furnham, Adrian ^a   Mak, Twiggy ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

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EID: 0033484263     PISSN: 03600025     EISSN: 15732762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1018826900972     Document Type: Article

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