Exploring the motivations and fantasies of strip club customers in relation to legal regulations

Archives of Sexual Behavior

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 487-504

  Frank, Katherine ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Consumption; Masculinity; Sex; Sex industry; Strip clubs

Indexed keywords

CRIME; DANCING; EXCITEMENT; FANTASY; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HOME; HUMAN; IDENTITY; INTERVIEW; LAW; LEGAL ASPECT; LEISURE; MARRIAGE; MASCULINITY; MONOGAMY; MOTIVATION; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; PROSTITUTION; REVIEW; SAFETY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; WORK;

ADULT; COITUS; DANCING; EROTICA; FANTASY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MOTIVATION; PENILE ERECTION; PROSTITUTION; RELAXATION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 26444553592     PISSN: 00040002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10508-005-6275-8     Document Type: Review

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