A critical response to john gray’s mars and venus portrayals of men and women

Southern Communication Journal

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 201-210

  Wood, Julia T ^a  

^a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

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EID: 85007784639     PISSN: 1041794X     EISSN: 19303203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10417940209373229     Document Type: Article

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