"Feminism lite?" Feminist identification, speaker appearance, and perceptions of feminist and antifeminist messengers

Psychology of Women Quarterly

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 291-299

  Bullock, Heather E ^a   Fernald, Julian L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 0344120624     PISSN: 03616843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1471-6402.00109     Document Type: Article

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