The rating of sexist humor under time pressure as an indicator of spontaneous sexist attitudes

Sex Roles

Volumn 57, Issue 9-10, 2007, Pages 651-660

  Eyssel, Friederike ^a   Bohner, Gerd ^a  

^a BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Gender prejudice; Sexism; Sexist attitudes; Sexist humor; Time pressure

Indexed keywords

EID: 35448932024     PISSN: 03600025     EISSN: 15732762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11199-007-9302-5     Document Type: Article

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