An Intersectional Analysis of Gender and Ethnic Stereotypes: Testing Three Hypotheses

Psychology of Women Quarterly

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 113-127

  Ghavami, Negin ^a   Peplau, Letitia Anne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

group differences; human sex differences; intersectionality; racial and ethnic differences; social dominance; social perception; stereotyped attitudes

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874545559     PISSN: 03616843     EISSN: 14716402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0361684312464203     Document Type: Article

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