Female mate retention, sexual orientation, and gender identity

Evolutionary Behavioral Sciences

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 12-19

  Brewer, Gayle ^a   Hamilton, Victoria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Female; Gender identity; Masculinity; Mate retention; Sexual orientation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84928757433     PISSN: 23302925     EISSN: 23302933     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/h0097245     Document Type: Article

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