Is that a "no"? The interpretation of responses to unwanted sexual attention

Sex Roles

Volumn 54, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 251-260

  Yagil, Dana ^a   Karnieli Miller, Orit ^a   Eisikovits, Zvi ^a   Enosh, Guy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

Attribution; Responses; Sexual harassment

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746434861     PISSN: 03600025     EISSN: 15732762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11199-006-9342-2     Document Type: Review

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