Who are feminists and what do they believe? The role of generations

American Sociological Review

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 607-622

  Schnittker, Jason ^a   Freese, Jeremy ^b   Powell, Brian ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDINAL SURVEY; FEMINISM; GENDER IDENTITY; IDENTITY CONSTRUCTION;

EID: 0242349625     PISSN: 00031224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1519741     Document Type: Article

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