It's for your own good: Benevolent sexism and women's reactions to protectively justified restrictions

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Volumn 33, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1421-1434

  Moya, Miguel ^a   Glick, Peter ^b,c   Expsito, Francisca ^a   De Lemus, Soledad ^a   Hart, Joshua ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^b Lawrence University

^c LAWRENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Benevolent sexism; Close relationships; Discrimination; Paternalism

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BENEFICENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LITERATURE; MALE; PATERNALISM; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SPAIN;

ADULT; ANECDOTES AS TOPIC; ATTITUDE; BENEFICENCE; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PATERNALISM; PREJUDICE; SPAIN;

EID: 34548285304     PISSN: 01461672     EISSN: 15527433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0146167207304790     Document Type: Article

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