The Effect of Patronizing Behavior and Control on Men and Women's Performance in Stereotypically Masculine Domains

Sex Roles

Volumn 66, Issue 7-8, 2012, Pages 479-491

  Gervais, Sarah J ^a   Vescio, Theresa K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Control; Gender differences; Math performance; Paternalism; Patronizing behavior; Sexism; Stereotype threat

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858302950     PISSN: 03600025     EISSN: 15732762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11199-011-0115-1     Document Type: Article

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