• DOI:10.1037/1099-9809.13.1.1
Corpus ID: 2233173

Black and White women's perspectives on femininity.

@article{Cole2007BlackAW,
  title={Black and White women's perspectives on femininity.},
  author={E. Cole and A. Zucker},
  journal={Cultural diversity & ethnic minority psychology},
  year={2007},
  volume={13 1},
  pages={
          1-9
        }
}

• E. Cole, A. Zucker
• Published 2007
• Psychology, Medicine
• Cultural diversity & ethnic minority psychology

The authors explore how Black and White women view three aspects of normative femininity, and whether self-rated femininity is related to feminism. Through telephone surveys, a nationally representative sample of women (N=1130) rated themselves on feminism and items derived from Collins' (2004) benchmarks of femininity: feminine appearance, traits, and traditional gender role ideology. Confirmatory factor analysis revealed both groups conceptualized femininity as including the same dimensions… Expand

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