Lesbians and bisexual women in the eyes of scientific psychology

Feminism and Psychology

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 109-127

  Lee, I Ching ^a   Crawford, Mary ^b  

^a NATIONAL CHENGCHI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Attitudes toward sexualities; Cluster analysis; Gender bias in research; Research critique; Social construction

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846197117     PISSN: 09593535     EISSN: 14617161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0959353507073096     Document Type: Article

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