A masculine perspective of gendered topics in the research literature on males and females with intellectual disability

Journal of Intellectual and Developmental Disability

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-8

  Wilson, Nathan J ^a   Parmenter, Trevor R ^a   Stancliffe, Roger J ^a   Shuttleworth, Russell P ^a   Parker, Desrae ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Disparity; Female; Gender; Health; Intellectual disability; Male; Masculinity; Misandry

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; PUBLISHING; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS;

ATTITUDE; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RETARDATION; PUBLISHING; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 76649140827     PISSN: 13668250     EISSN: 14699532     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/13668250903496351     Document Type: Article

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