Male Narcissism and Attitudes Toward Heterosexual Women and Men, Lesbian Women, and Gay Men: Hostility toward Heterosexual Women Most of All

Sex Roles

Volumn 63, Issue 7-8, 2010, Pages 530-541

  Keiller, Scott W ^a  

^a KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ambivalent sexism; Attitudes toward homosexuality; Attitudes toward men; Attitudes toward women; Benevolent sexism; Narcissism

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956472969     PISSN: 03600025     EISSN: 15732762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11199-010-9837-8     Document Type: Article

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