Female competition: Causes, constraints, content, and contexts

Journal of Sex Research

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 16-26

  Campbell, Anne ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOLOGY; BIOLOGY; COMPETITION; CRIMINOLOGY; ESTHETICS; HUMAN; MATE CHOICE; MONOGAMY; PSYCHOLOGY; REVIEW; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; AGGRESSION; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEXUALITY; VIOLENCE;

AGGRESSION; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; MALE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS; VIOLENCE; WOMEN;

EID: 4444268856     PISSN: 00224499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00224490409552210     Document Type: Review

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