Exploring the Social and Sexual “Reality” of Contemporary Pornography

The Journal of Sex Research

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 1993, Pages 161-170

  Brosius, Hans Bernd ^a   Weaver, James B ^b   Staab, Joachim F ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIBIDO; MALE; ORGASM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; VIDEOTAPE;

EID: 0027285333     PISSN: 00224499     EISSN: 15598519     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00224499309551697     Document Type: Article

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