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The Challenges of Explaining Gender Differentiation

Gender Development. By Judith E. Owen Blakemore, Sheri A. Berenbaum, and Lynn S. Liben. New York, Psychology Press, 2009. 519 pp. (hardback). ISBN 978-0-8058-4170-1.

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Perry, D.G., Pauletti, R.E. The Challenges of Explaining Gender Differentiation. Sex Roles 62, 702–704 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11199-009-9724-3

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