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Neutralizing the political threat of the marginal woman: Lesbians’ beliefs about bisexual women

Paula C. Rust Department of Sociology, Hamilton College, 198 College Hill Rd., Clinton, NY, 13323
Pages 214-228 | Accepted 01 Jul 1993, Published online: 11 Jan 2010

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