What good is a feminist identity?: Women's feminist identification and role expectations for intimate and sexual relationships

Sex Roles

Volumn 57, Issue 5-6, 2007, Pages 365-372

  Yoder, Janice D ^a   Perry, Rachelle L ^a   Saal, Ellen Irwin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AKRON   (United States)

Author keywords

Female attitudes; Feminism; Interpersonal relationships; Sex roles; Sexuality

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548222210     PISSN: 03600025     EISSN: 15732762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11199-007-9269-2     Document Type: Article

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