Queer Eye for the Straight Guy: Sexual Orientation and Stereotype Lift Effects on Performance in the Fashion Domain

Journal of Homosexuality

Volumn 60, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1336-1348

  Cotner, Chad ^a   Burkley, Melissa ^a  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

fashion sense; sexual orientation stereotypes; stereotype lift; stereotype threat

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLOTHING; HETEROSEXUALITY; HUMAN; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUALITY; OCCUPATION; STEREOTYPING; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEXTILE INDUSTRY; YOUNG ADULT;

CLOTHING; HETEROSEXUALITY; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; OCCUPATIONS; STEREOTYPING; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; TEXTILE INDUSTRY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84882730705     PISSN: 00918369     EISSN: 15403602     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00918369.2013.806183     Document Type: Article

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