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Beyond Mars and Venus : The Role of Gender Essentialism in Support for Gender Inequality and Backlash. / Skewes, Lea; Fine, Cordelia; Haslam, Nick.

In: PLOS ONE, Vol. 13, No. 7, e0200921, 07.2018.

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Skewes, L, Fine, C & Haslam, N 2018, 'Beyond Mars and Venus: The Role of Gender Essentialism in Support for Gender Inequality and Backlash', PLOS ONE, vol. 13, no. 7, e0200921. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0200921

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Skewes, L., Fine, C., & Haslam, N. (2018). Beyond Mars and Venus: The Role of Gender Essentialism in Support for Gender Inequality and Backlash. PLOS ONE, 13(7), [e0200921]. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0200921

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Skewes L, Fine C, Haslam N. 2018. Beyond Mars and Venus: The Role of Gender Essentialism in Support for Gender Inequality and Backlash. PLOS ONE. 13(7):Article e0200921. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0200921

MLA

Skewes, Lea, Cordelia Fine and Nick Haslam. "Beyond Mars and Venus: The Role of Gender Essentialism in Support for Gender Inequality and Backlash". PLOS ONE. 2018. 13(7). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0200921

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Skewes L, Fine C, Haslam N. Beyond Mars and Venus: The Role of Gender Essentialism in Support for Gender Inequality and Backlash. PLOS ONE. 2018 Jul;13(7). e0200921. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0200921

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Skewes, Lea ; Fine, Cordelia ; Haslam, Nick. / Beyond Mars and Venus : The Role of Gender Essentialism in Support for Gender Inequality and Backlash. In: PLOS ONE. 2018 ; Vol. 13, No. 7.

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