The Influence of Sexuality Stereotypes on Men's Experience of Gender-Role Incongruence

Psychology of Men and Masculinity

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 77-96

  Allen, Jill ^a   Smith, Jessi L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gender; Intrinsic motivation; Role congruency; Sexuality; Stereotype activation

Indexed keywords

EID: 79251575606     PISSN: 15249220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0019678     Document Type: Article

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