Womanhood is not as easy as it seems: Femininity requires both achievement and restraint

Psychology of Men and Masculinity

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 117-120

  Chrisler, Joan C ^a  

^a The Holleran Center for Community Action and Public Policy   (United States)

Author keywords

"real" women; Gender performance; Gender role status; Manhood; Womanhood

Indexed keywords

EID: 84882660134     PISSN: 15249220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0031005     Document Type: Article

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