Conceptualizing the "wantedness" of women's consensual and nonconsensual sexual experiences: implications for how women label their experiences with rape

Journal of Sex Research

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 72-88

  Peterson, Zoë D ^b   Muehlenhard, Charlene L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; COLLEGE STUDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MODEL; RAPE; RATING SCALE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COITUS; CONSCIENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF DISCLOSURE; SEXUALITY; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; VERBAL COMMUNICATION; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADULT; COITUS; CONSCIENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; NARRATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; RAPE; SELF DISCLOSURE; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 34447519153     PISSN: 00224499     EISSN: 15598519     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15598519jsr4401_8     Document Type: Article

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