The "Princess Syndrome": An Examination of Gender Harassment on a Male-Majority University Campus.
Gender harassment is prevalent in contexts where women are underrepresented and negatively stereotyped, yet instances of gender harassment are often discounted as unimportant and inconsequential. The current research presents an examination of gender harassment operating on a male-majority universit...
| Publicado en: | Sex Roles Vol. 85; no. 9/10; pp. 587 - 606 |
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Springer Nature
Nov2021
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