Men are Much Harder: Gendered Viewing of Nude Images

Gender and Society

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 691-710

  Eck, Beth A ^a  

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Author keywords

Body; Gender; Images; Nude; Pornography

Indexed keywords

EID: 0141819057     PISSN: 08912432     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0891243203255604     Document Type: Review

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