What women and men should be, shouldn't be, are allowed to be, and don't have to be: The contents of prescriptive gender stereotypes

Psychology of Women Quarterly

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 269-281

  Prentice, Deborah A ^a   Carranza, Erica ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0036895179     PISSN: 03616843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1471-6402.t01-1-00066     Document Type: Review

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