The Meaning of Difference: Gender Theory, Postmodernism, and Psychology

American Psychologist

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 1988, Pages 455-464

  Hare Mustin, Rachel T ^a   Marecek, Jeanne ^b  

^a VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SWARTHMORE COLLEGE   (United States)

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EID: 0040185329     PISSN: 0003066X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0003-066X.43.6.455     Document Type: Article

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