If she's a feminist it must not be discrimination: The power of the feminist label on observers' attributions about a sexist event

Sex Roles

Volumn 60, Issue 5-6, 2009, Pages 422-431

  Roy, Robin E ^a   Weibust, Kristin S ^b   Miller, Carol T ^b  

^a Las Positas College   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

Author keywords

Attribution to discrimination; Feminism; Perceived discrimination; Sexism

Indexed keywords

EID: 65049088305     PISSN: 03600025     EISSN: 15732762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11199-008-9556-6     Document Type: Article

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