Digit Ratios, Childhood Gender Role Behavior, and Erotic Role Preferences of Gay Men

Archives of Sexual Behavior

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 495-497

  McIntyre, Matthew H ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; CHILDHOOD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; FANTASY; FEMALE; FINGER; GENDER IDENTITY; HISTOLOGY; HOMOSEXUALITY; HORMONE ACTION; HUMAN; LESBIAN; LETTER; MALE; MASTURBATION; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX ROLE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SEXUAL ORIENTATION; SEXUALITY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0347285348     PISSN: 00040002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1026054625638     Document Type: Letter

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