There's no crying in baseball, or is there? male athletes, tears, and masculinity in North America

Emotion Review

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 39-46

  MacArthur, Heather J ^a   Shields, Stephanie A ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Competitive sports; Gender; Masculinity; Tears

Indexed keywords

EID: 84918521253     PISSN: 17540739     EISSN: 17540747     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1754073914544476     Document Type: Article

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