Making sense of heterosexuality: An exploratory study of young heterosexual identities in Turkey

Sex Roles

Volumn 54, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 213-225

  Boratav, Hale Bolak ^a  

^a ISTANBUL BILGI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Heterosexuality; Sexual identity; Turkey

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746436575     PISSN: 03600025     EISSN: 15732762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11199-006-9339-x     Document Type: Article

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