"Just trying to relax": Masculinity, masculinizing practices, and strip club regulars

Journal of Sex Research

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 61-75

  Frank, Katherine ^a,b  

^a Policy and Design   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMEN; ARTICLE; CULTURAL FACTOR; EGO; EMOTION; FEMALE; GENDER; HETEROSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LEISURE; MALE; MASCULINITY; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX ROLE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL ORIENTATION; SEXUALITY;

EID: 0037321808     PISSN: 00224499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00224490309552167     Document Type: Article

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