A Tale of Two Standards: An Examination of Young Adults' Endorsement of Gendered and Ageist Sexual Double Standards

Sex Roles

Volumn 64, Issue 5-6, 2011, Pages 360-371

  Lai, Yvonne ^a,b   Hynie, Michaela ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b New Canadians Centre   (Canada)

Author keywords

Double standard; Elderly; Sexuality; Stereotype

Indexed keywords

EID: 79951768345     PISSN: 03600025     EISSN: 15732762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11199-010-9896-x     Document Type: Article

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