Vagina equals woman? On genitals and gendered identity

Women's Studies International Forum

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 509-522

  Braun, Virginia ^a   Wilkinson, Sue ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENDER IDENTITY; WOMENS STATUS;

EID: 29844455250     PISSN: 02775395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wsif.2005.09.007     Document Type: Article

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