Individual and situational factors related to young women's likelihood of confronting sexism in their everyday lives

Sex Roles

Volumn 61, Issue 7-8, 2009, Pages 449-460

  Ayres, Melanie M ^a   Friedman, Carly K ^b   Leaper, Campbell ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN RIVER FALLS   (United States)

^b Sanford University   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Coping behavior; Discrimination; Feminism; Human females; Narratives; Sexism; Sexual harassment

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350158130     PISSN: 03600025     EISSN: 15732762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11199-009-9635-3     Document Type: Article

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