Gender matters most: The interaction of gendered expectations, feminist course content, and pregnancy in student course evaluations

Teaching Sociology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 29-43

  Baker, Phyllis ^a   Copp, Martha ^b  

^a Department of Social Work   (United States)

^b EAST TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0031539702     PISSN: 0092055X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1319109     Document Type: Article

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