Bystander sexism in the intergroup context: The impact of cat-calls on women's reactions towards men

Sex Roles

Volumn 62, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 623-634

  Chaudoir, Stephenie R ^a,b   Quinn, Diane M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b BRADLEY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bystander; Cat call; Gender identity; Intergroup emotions; Sexism

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952953059     PISSN: 03600025     EISSN: 15732762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11199-009-9735-0     Document Type: Article

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