The influence of peer interactions on sexually oriented joke telling

Sex Roles

Volumn 52, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 187-199

  Angelone, D J ^a,b   Hirschman, Richard ^a   Suniga, Sarah ^a   Armey, Michael ^a   Armelie, Aaron ^a  

^a KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b The College of New Jersey   (United States)

Author keywords

Analogue; Joke telling; Sexual harassment

Indexed keywords

EID: 14944363636     PISSN: 03600025     EISSN: 15732762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11199-005-1294-4     Document Type: Article

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