Positive Portrayals of Feminist Men Increase Men's Solidarity With Feminists and Collective Action Intentions

Psychology of Women Quarterly

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 61-71

  Wiley, Shaun ^a   Srinivasan, Ruhi ^a   Finke, Elizabeth ^a   Firnhaber, Joseph ^a   Shilinsky, Alyssa ^a  

^a The College of New Jersey   (United States)

Author keywords

activism; feminism; group identity; impression formation; mass media; social change

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874541932     PISSN: 03616843     EISSN: 14716402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0361684312464575     Document Type: Article

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