Hidden sexism: Facial prominence and its connections to gender and occupational status in popular print media

Sex Roles

Volumn 57, Issue 7-8, 2007, Pages 515-525

  Matthews, Justin L ^a,b  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Facial prominence; Gender; Media; Occupational status

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548863328     PISSN: 03600025     EISSN: 15732762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11199-007-9276-3     Document Type: Article

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