Sticking My Finger up at Evolution: Unconventionality, Selfishness, and Choice in the Talk of Men Who have had "Preemptive" Vasectomies

Men and Masculinities

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 207-229

  Terry, Gareth ^a   Braun, Virginia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

childfree; masculinities; neoliberalism; pronatalism; vasectomy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864389324     PISSN: 1097184X     EISSN: 15526828     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1097184X11430126     Document Type: Article

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