You're Such a Girl! The Psychological Drain of the Gender-Role Harassment of Men

Sex Roles

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 13-22

  Funk, Leah C ^a   Werhun, Cherie D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WINNIPEG   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Gender role harassment; Gender role strain; Masculinity threat; Self regulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 79958827769     PISSN: 03600025     EISSN: 15732762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11199-011-9948-x     Document Type: Article

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