FACTS AND ASSUMPTIONS ABOUT THE NATURE OF GENDER DIFFERENCES AND THE IMPLICATIONS FOR GENDER EQUITY

Handbook for Achieving Gender Equity through Education, Second Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 19-32

  Hyde, Janet Shibley ^a   Lindberg, Sara M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4324/9781315759586-10     Document Type: Chapter

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