Ambivalent sexism, gender, and major as predictors of Turkish college students' attitudes toward women and men's atypical educational choices

Sex Roles

Volumn 62, Issue 7-8, 2010, Pages 427-437

  Sakalli Uǧurlu, Nuray ^a  

^a MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Ambivalence toward men; Ambivalent sexism; Gender atypical education; Gender stereotypes; Turkish culture

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952420308     PISSN: 03600025     EISSN: 15732762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11199-009-9673-x     Document Type: Article

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