Children's gender orientation and perceptions of female, male, and gender-ambiguous animal characters

Sex Roles

Volumn 43, Issue 5-6, 2000, Pages 377-393

  Karniol, Rachel ^a   Reichman, Shiri ^a   Fund, Liat ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

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EID: 0034257738     PISSN: 03600025     EISSN: 15732762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1026651427146     Document Type: Article

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