"Blessed Is He Who Has Not Made Me a Woman": Ambivalent Sexism and Jewish Religiosity

Sex Roles

Volumn 67, Issue 9-10, 2012, Pages 477-487

  Gaunt, Ruth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Benevolent sexism; Gender attitudes; Hostile sexism; Jewish religiosity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867538341     PISSN: 03600025     EISSN: 15732762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11199-012-0185-8     Document Type: Article

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