'By the semi-mystical appearance of a condom': How young women and men communicate sexual consent in heterosexual situations

Journal of Sex Research

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 258-272

  Hickman, Susan E ^a   Muehlenhard, Charlene L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONDOM; FEMALE; HETEROSEXUALITY; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; RAPE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0032878712     PISSN: 00224499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00224499909551996     Document Type: Article

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