The SPSSI Task Force on Sexual Orientation, the Nature of Sex, and the Contours of Activist Science

Journal of Social Issues

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 92-105

  Pettit, Michael ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOMOSEXUALITY; PSYCHOLOGY; RACE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ORGANIZATION; SOCIOBIOLOGY;

EID: 79952642189     PISSN: 00224537     EISSN: 15404560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-4560.2010.01685.x     Document Type: Article

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