Is there any relationship between sexual attraction and gender typology?

Spanish Journal of Psychology

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 3-9

  Fernández, Juan ^a,b   Quiroga, María Ángeles ^a   Del Olmo, Isabel ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b Campus de Somosaguas   (Spain)

Author keywords

Androgyny; Expressiveness; Femininity; Instrumentality; Masculinity; Sexual attraction; Sexual orientation

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646180683     PISSN: 11387416     EISSN: 19882904     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1138741600005916     Document Type: Article

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