Why can’t a man be more like a woman?: Sex, power, and politics

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 106, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1065-1070

  Potts, Malcolm ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; SILDENAFIL; TADALAFIL; VARDENAFIL;

ABORTION; BEHAVIOR; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; FAMILY PLANNING; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; FERTILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; MATERNAL MORTALITY; POLITICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIGION; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEGISLATION, DRUG; MALE; MEN; POLITICS; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PROBLEMS; UNITED STATES; WOMEN;

EID: 27444444121     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: 1873233X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.AOG.0000186156.64486.7e     Document Type: Editorial

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