Connotative interpretations of sexuality-related terms

Sex Roles

Volumn 51, Issue 9-10, 2004, Pages 523-534

  Noland, Virginia J ^a   Daley, Ellen M ^b   Drolet, Judy C ^c   Fetro, Joyce V ^c   McCormack Brown, Kelli R ^b   Hassell, Coleen D ^b   McDermott, Robert J ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^c SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Gender; Semantic differential; Sex; Sexual language

Indexed keywords

EID: 12744271553     PISSN: 03600025     EISSN: 15732762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11199-004-5462-8     Document Type: Article

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