Seeing the unseen: Attention to daily encounters with sexism as way to reduce sexist beliefs

Psychology of Women Quarterly

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 227-242

  Becker, Julia C ^a   Swim, Janet K ^b  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

activism; attitude change; empathy; intervention; prejudice; sexism; stereotyped attitudes

Indexed keywords

EID: 79958091594     PISSN: 03616843     EISSN: 14716402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0361684310397509     Document Type: Article

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