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Sharing Motherhood: Maternal Jealousy Among Lesbian Co-Mothers

Suzanne Pelka PhD Center for Society and Genetics, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USACorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 195-217 | Published online: 30 Jan 2009

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