Primary femininity, bisexuality, and the female ego ideal: Are- examination of female developmental theory

Psychoanalytic Quarterly

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 489-517

  Elise, Dianne ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BISEXUALITY; BODY IMAGE; EGO; FANTASY; FEMALE; FEMININITY; GENDER IDENTITY; PSYCHOANALYSIS; REVIEW; SELF EVALUATION; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 0030842489     PISSN: 00332828     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/21674086.1997.11927543     Document Type: Review

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