Athlete or Sex Symbol: What Boys Think of Media Representations of Female Athletes

Sex Roles

Volumn 65, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 566-579

  Daniels, Elizabeth A ^a   Wartena, Heidi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

Body image; Female athletes; Males; Media images; Objectification; Sports

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053576300     PISSN: 03600025     EISSN: 15732762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11199-011-9959-7     Document Type: Article

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