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Some of the pathological assumptions in the sciences of gender

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 May 2011

Katharine Blick Hoyenga
Katharine Blick Hoyenga
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Western Illinois University, Psychology Department, Macomb, IL 61455
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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 13 , Issue 1 , March 1990 , pp. 194 - 196
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1990

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