Overview of sexual practices and attitudes within relational contexts

The Handbook of Sexuality in Close Relationships

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 57-85

  Willetts, Marion C ^a   Sprecher, Susan ^a   Beck, Frank D ^a  

^a ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4324/9781410610249-10     Document Type: Chapter

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