Fixed roles and situated actions

Sex Roles

Volumn 61, Issue 5-6, 2009, Pages 325-337

  Webster Jr , Murray ^a   Rashotte, Lisa Slattery ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Gender behavior; Gender inequality; Gender socialization; Structural effects

Indexed keywords

EID: 70449520363     PISSN: 03600025     EISSN: 15732762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11199-009-9606-8     Document Type: Article

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