The Double-Edged Sword of Genetic Determinism: Social and Political Agendas in Genetic Studies of Homosexuality, 1940-1994

Science and Homosexualities

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 242-270

  Allen, Garland E ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203390252-18     Document Type: Chapter

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