Women's Conformity as Resistance to Intimate Partner Violence in Assiut, Egypt

Sex Roles

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 43-58

  Yount, Kathryn M ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agency; Egypt; Gender; Intimate partner violence; Patriarchy

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650944114     PISSN: 03600025     EISSN: 15732762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11199-010-9884-1     Document Type: Article

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