Thinking about the baby: Gender and divisions of infant care

Social Problems

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 219-234

  Walzer, Susan ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

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EID: 0040652297     PISSN: 00377791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3096999     Document Type: Article

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