How nice of us and how dumb of me: The effect of exposure to benevolent sexism on women's task and relational self-descriptions

Sex Roles

Volumn 62, Issue 7-8, 2010, Pages 532-544

  Barreto, Manuela ^a   Ellemers, Naomi ^b   Piebinga, Laura ^b   Moya, Miguel ^c  

^a INSTITUTO UNIVERSITÁRIO DE LISBOA ISCTE IUL   (Portugal)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Benevolent sexism; Stereotype confirmation; Task related and relational self descriptions; Women's self descriptions

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952420915     PISSN: 03600025     EISSN: 15732762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11199-009-9699-0     Document Type: Article

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