Paternalistic and envious gender stereotypes: Testing predictions from the stereotype content model

Sex Roles

Volumn 47, Issue 3-4, 2002, Pages 99-114

  Eckes, Thomas ^a,b  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

gender; prejudice; sexism; stereotypes; subgrouping

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036429776     PISSN: 03600025     EISSN: 15732762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021020920715     Document Type: Review

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