Objectifying Sarah Palin: Evidence that objectification causes women to be perceived as less competent and less fully human

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 598-601

  Heflick, Nathan A ^a   Goldenberg, Jamie L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Infrahumanization; Objectification of women; Political psychology

Indexed keywords

EID: 64049119517     PISSN: 00221031     EISSN: 10960465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jesp.2009.02.008     Document Type: Article

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