Maintaining men's dominance: Negotiating identity and power when she earns more

Sex Roles

Volumn 53, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 191-205

  Tichenor, Veronica ^a  

^a SUNY POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Breadwinning; Doing gender; Gender; Gender identity; Marital power

Indexed keywords

EID: 27244452427     PISSN: 03600025     EISSN: 15732762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11199-005-5678-2     Document Type: Article

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