How easily does a social difference become a status distinction? Gender matters

American Sociological Review

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 44-62

  Ridgeway, Cecilia L ^a   Li, Yan E ^a   Erickson, Kristan G ^a   Backor, Kristen ^a   Tinkler, Justine E ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENDER ISSUE; SOCIAL STATUS; WOMENS STATUS;

EID: 65449159691     PISSN: 00031224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000312240907400103     Document Type: Article

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