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The Sociology of Gender Distinctions

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Epstein, C.F. (2006). Similarity and Difference. In: Handbook of the Sociology of Gender. Handbooks of Sociology and Social Research. Springer, Boston, MA . https://doi.org/10.1007/0-387-36218-5_3

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