Sameness and Difference in Research on Lesbian Parenting

Journal of Community and Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 210-222

  Clarke, Victoria ^a  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Constructionism; Difference; Feminism; Lesbian and gay psychology; Lesbian parenting; Sameness

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036099342     PISSN: 10529284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/casp.673     Document Type: Article

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