Masculinity, culture, and the paradox of the lek

The Body Beautiful: Evolutionary and Sociocultural Perspectives

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 88-107

  Yu, Douglas W ^a   Proulx, Stephen R ^b   Shepard, Glenn H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1057/9780230596887     Document Type: Chapter

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