Should we take "gender" out of gender subtypes? The effects of gender, evaluative valence, and context on the organization of person subtypes

Sex Roles

Volumn 45, Issue 7-8, 2001, Pages 455-480

  Carpenter, Sandra ^a   Trentham, Susan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Gender evaluation; Gender stereotypes; Subtypes

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035470858     PISSN: 03600025     EISSN: 15732762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1014871929854     Document Type: Article

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