Tomboy resistance and conformity: Agency in social psychological gender theory

Gender and Society

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 528-553

  Carr, C Lynn ^a  

^a Camden Campus of Rutgers The State University of New Jersey   (United States)

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EID: 0032219426     PISSN: 08912432     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/089124398012005003     Document Type: Article

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