Who gets out?: Gender as structure and the dissolution of violent heterosexual relationships

Gender and Society

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 173-201

  Anderson, Kristin L ^a  

^a WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Divorce; Gender symmetry; Intimate partner violence; Structure

Indexed keywords

EID: 34047193293     PISSN: 08912432     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0891243206298087     Document Type: Article

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