Japanese adults' sex role attitudes and judgment criteria concerning gender equality: The diversity of gender egalitarianism

Sex Roles

Volumn 58, Issue 5-6, 2008, Pages 412-422

  Ui, Miyoko ^a   Matsui, Yutaka ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Gender egalitarianism; Gender equality judgment criteria; Sex role attitudes

Indexed keywords

EID: 38549104679     PISSN: 03600025     EISSN: 15732762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11199-007-9346-6     Document Type: Article

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