"Holding back": Negotiating a glass ceiling on women's muscular strength

Sociological Perspectives

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 333-350

  Dworkin, Shari L ^a  

^a PITZER COLLEGE   (United States)

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EID: 0035616124     PISSN: 07311214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/sop.2001.44.3.333     Document Type: Article

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