Confronting Sexism: The Role of Relationship Orientation and Gender

Sex Roles

Volumn 63, Issue 7-8, 2010, Pages 463-474

  Gervais, Sarah J ^a   Hillard, Amy L ^a   Vescio, Theresa K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Confronting prejudice; Everyday sexism; Gender; Relationship orientation

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956482387     PISSN: 03600025     EISSN: 15732762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11199-010-9838-7     Document Type: Article

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