The impact of group membership on lesbians' physical appearance

Journal of Lesbian Studies

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 31-43

  Krakauer, Ilana D ^a   Rose, Suzanna M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

^b FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Appearance; Body image; Coming out; Lesbian

Indexed keywords

EID: 85016609333     PISSN: 10894160     EISSN: 15403548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J155v06n01_04     Document Type: Article

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