Chivalry's Double-edged Sword: How Girls' and Boys' Paternalistic Attitudes Relate to Their Possible Family and Work Selves.

Paternalism refers to the ideology that women need men's protection (Glick and Fiske ), which is associated with greater acceptance of the gender status quo (Jost and Kay ) and lower feelings of agency and competence among women (Dumont et al. ). To consider the potential impact of paternalistic att...

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Publicado en:Sex Roles Vol. 74; no. 5-6; pp. 220 - 231
Autores principales: Farkas, Timea, Leaper, Campbell
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Springer Nature Mar2016
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