Gender role beliefs and attitudes toward Lesbians and gay men in Chile and the U.S.

Sex Roles

Volumn 57, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 61-67

  Nierman, Angela J ^a,c   Thompson, Suzanne C ^a   Bryan, Angela ^b   Mahaffey, Amanda L ^b  

^a POMONA COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Cross cultural; Gender roles; Prejudice; Sex differences

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547691353     PISSN: 03600025     EISSN: 15732762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11199-007-9197-1     Document Type: Article

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