The labor of pleasure: How perceptions of emotional labor impact women's enjoyment of pornography

Gender and Society

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 605-631

  Parvez, Z Fareen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Consumption; Emotional labor; Pornography; Sex worka; Sexuality

Indexed keywords

EID: 33747872432     PISSN: 08912432     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0891243206291109     Document Type: Article

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