Sexual partner age preferences of homosexual and heterosexual men and women

Archives of Sexual Behavior

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 67-76

  Silverthorne, Zebulon A ^a   Quinsey, Vernon L ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Attractiveness; Gender preferences; Heterosexuality; Homosexuality; Sexual preferences

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; FACIES; FEMALE; HETEROSEXUALITY; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LESBIAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL ATTRACTIVENESS; REVIEW; SEXUALITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HETEROSEXUALITY; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0034105088     PISSN: 00040002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1001886521449     Document Type: Review

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