Engendering Culture: The Relationship of Gender Identity and Pressure for Gender Conformity with Adolescents' Interests in the Arts and Literature.
Research indicates that women are more interested in highbrow culture (i.e., the arts-art, music, and theatre-and literature) than men are. Current explanations for women's higher involvement in highbrow cultural activities primarily focus on adults; overemphasize class-, work- and cultural capital-...
| Publicado en: | Sex Roles Vol. 77; no. 7-8; pp. 482 - 496 |
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