Individual differences in sensitivity to disempowering acts: A comparison of gender and identity-based explanations for perceived offensiveness

Sex Roles

Volumn 49, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 163-171

  Young, Angela M ^a   Vance, Charles M ^b   Ensher, Ellen A ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LOYOLA MARYMOUNT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Disempowerment; Gender; Offensiveness

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042575212     PISSN: 03600025     EISSN: 15732762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1024413014789     Document Type: Article

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