Intergroup bias toward "Group X": Evidence of prejudice, dehumanization, avoidance, and discrimination against asexuals

Group Processes and Intergroup Relations

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 725-743

  MacInnis, Cara C ^a   Hodson, Gordon ^a  

^a BROCK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

asexual; dehumanization; discrimination; prejudice; sexual minority

Indexed keywords

EID: 84868157605     PISSN: 13684302     EISSN: 14617188     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1368430212442419     Document Type: Article

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