Gender role development in Japanese culture: Diminishing gender role differences in a contemporary society

Sex Roles

Volumn 47, Issue 9-10, 2002, Pages 443-452

  Sugihara, Yoko ^a   Katsurada, Emiko ^b  

^a California ^*  (United States)

^b AKITA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

femininity; gender roles; Japanese; masculinity

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036925401     PISSN: 03600025     EISSN: 15732762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021648426787     Document Type: Review

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