Men's and women's reactions to hypothetical sexual advances: The role of initiator socioeconomic status and level of coercion

Sex Roles

Volumn 49, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 173-178

  Black, Katherine A ^a   Gold, David J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HARTFORD   (United States)

Author keywords

Bias; Sexual coercion; Socioeconomic status

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042074161     PISSN: 03600025     EISSN: 15732762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1024465031627     Document Type: Article

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