The dominance dilemma: Do women really prefer dominant mates?

Personal Relationships

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 425-444

  Snyder, Jeffrey K ^a,b   Kirkpatrick, Lee A ^b   Barrett, H Clark ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b The College of William and Mary

^c Center for Behavior Evolution and Culture

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EID: 57349175936     PISSN: 13504126     EISSN: 14756811     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6811.2008.00208.x     Document Type: Article

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