Having It All? Unmarried Women Choosing Hetero-Gay Families

Affilia - Journal of Women and Social Work

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 391-405

  Segal Engelchin, Dorit ^a   Erera, Pauline I ^b   Cwikel, Julie ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

family systems; feminist research; hetero gay families; pregnancy parenthood; special women's issues

Indexed keywords

EID: 84871176106     PISSN: 08861099     EISSN: 15523020     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0886109912464534     Document Type: Article

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