Emotional, Sensitive, and Unfit for Office? Gender Stereotype Activation and Support Female Candidates

Political Psychology

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 691-708

  Bauer, Nichole M ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

And representation; Female candidates; Gender; Stereotypes

Indexed keywords

EID: 84957805398     PISSN: 0162895X     EISSN: 14679221     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/pops.12186     Document Type: Article

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