How sexy are sexist men? Women's perception of male response profiles in the ambivalent sexism inventory

Sex Roles

Volumn 62, Issue 7-8, 2010, Pages 568-582

  Bohner, Gerd ^a   Ahlborn, Katrin ^a   Steiner, Regine ^a  

^a BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ambivalent sexism; Attraction; Feminist attitudes; Gender relations; Person perception

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952428974     PISSN: 03600025     EISSN: 15732762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11199-009-9665-x     Document Type: Article

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