Exposure to benevolent sexism and complementary gender stereotypes: Consequences for specific and diffuse forms of system justification

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 498-509

  Jost, John T ^a   Kay, Aaron C ^b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Benevolent sexism; Complementary stereotypes; Gender; System justification

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PREJUDICE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS; STEREOTYPING;

EID: 14644390191     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.88.3.498     Document Type: Article

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