The Times They Are a-Changing … or Are They Not? A Comparison of Gender Stereotypes, 1983–2014

Psychology of Women Quarterly

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 353-363

  Haines, Elizabeth L ^a   Deaux, Kay ^b,c   Lofaro, Nicole ^a  

^a WILLIAM PATERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

sex role attitudes; sex roles; social perception; stereotyped attitudes

Indexed keywords

EID: 84982220994     PISSN: 03616843     EISSN: 14716402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0361684316634081     Document Type: Article

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