Yet Another Dark Side of Chivalry: Benevolent Sexism Undermines and Hostile Sexism Motivates Collective Action for Social Change

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 101, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 62-77

  Becker, Julia C ^a   Wright, Stephen C ^b  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Benevolent sexism; Collective action; Hostile sexism; Social change; System justification

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; DEFENSE MECHANISM; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HOSTILITY; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; PATERNALISM; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; SOCIAL CHANGE; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ADULT; AFFECT; DEFENSE MECHANISMS; DOMINANCE-SUBORDINATION; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HOSTILITY; HUMANS; INTENTION; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MOTIVATION; PATERNALISM; PREJUDICE; SOCIAL CHANGE; STEREOTYPING;

EID: 79958160721     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0022615     Document Type: Article

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