Readers' perceptions of four alternatives to masculine generic pronouns

Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 141, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 156-158

  Madson, Laura ^a   Hessling, Robert M ^b  

^a NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Statistics Center for Statistics and Applications in Forensic Evidence Iowa State University 2438 Osborn Dr Ames   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; READING; SEMANTICS; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STUDENT; WRITING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PREJUDICE; READING; SEMANTICS; STUDENTS; WRITING;

EID: 0035259976     PISSN: 00224545     EISSN: 19401183     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00224540109600542     Document Type: Article

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