Do traditional values entrench male supremacy?

Agenda

Volumn 18, Issue 59, 2004, Pages 80-89

  Rankhotha, Charles Sylvester ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

circumcision; human rights; patriarchy; traditionalists; virginity testing

Indexed keywords

EID: 85044889851     PISSN: 10130950     EISSN: 2158978X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10130950.2004.9674517     Document Type: Article

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