Pedestal or Gutter: Exploring Ambivalent Sexism’s Relationship With Abortion Attitudes

Affilia - Journal of Women and Social Work

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 200-215

  Begun, Stephanie ^a   Walls, N Eugene ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DENVER   (United States)

Author keywords

feminist theories and research; reproductive rights; secondary source

Indexed keywords

EID: 84928102759     PISSN: 08861099     EISSN: 15523020     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0886109914555216     Document Type: Article

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