When no means no: Disbelief, disregard and deviance as discourses of voluntary childlessness

Women's Studies International Forum

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 223-234

  Gillespie, Rosemary ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILDBEARING; GENDER IDENTITY; GENDER ROLE;

EID: 0034035766     PISSN: 02775395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-5395(00)00076-5     Document Type: Article

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