Fence sitters: Parents' reactions to sexual ambiguities in their newborn children

Semiotica

Volumn 107, Issue 1-2, 1995, Pages 33-50

  Weiss, Meira ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

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EID: 84937288888     PISSN: 00371998     EISSN: 16133692     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/semi.1995.107.1-2.33     Document Type: Article

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