Negotiating what's 'natural': Persistent domestic gender role inequality in Japan

Social Science Japan Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 23-44

  North, Scott ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRTH RATE; GENDER DISPARITY; GENDER IDENTITY; GENDER ISSUE; GENDER ROLE;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN;

EID: 66449116061     PISSN: 13691465     EISSN: 14682680     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ssjj/jyp009     Document Type: Article

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