"I'll Get That for You": The Relationship Between Benevolent Sexism and Body Self-Perceptions

Sex Roles

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-8

  Shepherd, Melissa ^a   Erchull, Mindy J ^a   Rosner, Aryn ^a   Taubenberger, Leslie ^a   Queen, Emily Forsyth ^a   McKee, Jenna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARY WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Benevolent sexism; Body shame; Body surveillance; Self objectification

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650930612     PISSN: 03600025     EISSN: 15732762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11199-010-9859-2     Document Type: Article

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