Culture, ecology, and beliefs about gender in son preference caste groups

2007/05/03 by Ramaswami Mahalingam · 32 citations
Psychology · Social Sciences · #Biology #Caste #Demographic Trends and Gender Preferences #Ecology #Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior #Gender studies #Homicide, Infanticide, and Child Abuse #Honor #Neglect #Perspective (graphical) #Political science #Preference #Psychology #Social psychology #Sociology

paper · doi:10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2007.01.004

published in Evolution and Human Behavior 28(5), 319-329 (Elsevier BV)

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