The masculinity of Mr. Right: Feminist identity and heterosexual women's ideal romantic partners

Psychology of Women Quarterly

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 318-326

  Backus, Faedra R ^a   Mahalik, James R ^a  

^a BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

feminism; human mate selection; masculinity; relationship satisfaction; sex role attitudes

Indexed keywords

EID: 79958138551     PISSN: 03616843     EISSN: 14716402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0361684310392357     Document Type: Article

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