Counter-Stereotypical Career-Related Media Content and Adolescents' Professional Sexism: A Longitudinal Study of Woman Boss Television Series and Social Media Posts.
Woman boss series and woman boss posts on social media that portray women in stereotypically male professions have attracted scholarly attention. The positive effects of this content on adolescents over time are unclear. This study helped fill this gap by examining the within-person reciprocal relat...
| Published in: | Sex Roles Vol. 89; no. 5/6; pp. 288 - 311 |
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Springer Nature
Sep2023
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