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COUPLE IDENTITY WORK: Collaborative Couplehood, Gender Inequalities, and Power in Naming 夫妻身份认同工作：协作式夫妻、性别不平等和命名中的权力

IF 5.5 1区社会学

Gender & Society Pub Date : 2024-01-30 DOI: 10.1177/08912432231226125

Christina A. Sue, Jessica vasquez-tokos, Adriana c. Núñez

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