The management of "nonrelational sexuality": Positioning strategies in adolescent male talk about (hetero)sexual attraction

Men and Masculinities

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 493-517

  Korobov, Neill ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Discourse; Gender identity; Heterosexuality; Masculinity; Nonrelational sexuality; Positioning; Prejudice

Indexed keywords

EID: 33644584753     PISSN: 1097184X     EISSN: 15526828     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1097184X04268727     Document Type: Article

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