Promiscuous girls, good wives, and cheating husbands: Gender inequality, transitions to marriage, and infidelity in southeastern Nigeria

Anthropological Quarterly

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 123-152

  Smith, Daniel Jordan ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gender inequality; Infidelity; Marriage; Nigeria; Premarital sex

Indexed keywords

EID: 77950157868     PISSN: 00035491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/anq.0.0118     Document Type: Article

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