The Precious Vessel: Ambivalent Sexism and Opposition to Elective and Traumatic Abortion

Sex Roles

Volumn 71, Issue 11-12, 2014, Pages 436-449

  Huang, Yanshu ^a   Osborne, Danny ^a   Sibley, Chris G ^a   Davies, Paul G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ambivalent sexism; Benevolent sexism; Elective abortion; Hostile sexism; Motherhood; Traumatic abortion

Indexed keywords

EID: 84912523572     PISSN: 03600025     EISSN: 15732762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11199-014-0423-3     Document Type: Article

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