Re-inscribing gender binaries: Deconstructing the dominant discourse around women's equality in science, engineering, and technology

Sociological Review

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 768-787

  Phipps, Alison ^a  

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EID: 35949002428     PISSN: 00380261     EISSN: 1467954X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-954X.2007.00744.x     Document Type: Article

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