Gender differences in the experience of heterosexual intercourse

Canadian Journal of Human Sexuality

Volumn 11, Issue 3-4, 2002, Pages 143-158

  Birnbaum, Gurit E ^a   Laser Brandt, Dafna ^a  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Experience of Heterosexual Intercourse Scale; Gender differences; Heterosexual intercourse

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; EXPERIENCE; EXPERIENCE OF HETEROSEXUAL INTERCOURSE SCALE; FEMALE; GENDER; HETEROSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN RELATION; ISRAEL; MALE; MOTIVATION; NORMAL HUMAN; RATING SCALE; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIOBIOLOGY; THINKING;

EID: 0042921453     PISSN: 11884517     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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