Heroes and Hos: Reflections of Male and Female Sexual Natures

Foundations of Evolutionary Psychology

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 281-290

  Salmon, Catherine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REDLANDS   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203888155-24     Document Type: Chapter

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