Beliefs about chastity, machismo, and caste identity: A cultural psychology of gender

Sex Roles

Volumn 56, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 239-249

  Mahalingam, Ramaswami ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Caste; Chastity; Gender and culture

Indexed keywords

EID: 33847312878     PISSN: 03600025     EISSN: 15732762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11199-006-9168-y     Document Type: Article

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