Sexual scripts: Origins, influences and changes

Qualitative Sociology

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 491-497

  Simon, William ^a   Gagnon, John H ^a  

^a Batiment C 2 ^*

Author keywords

Anomie; Biologism; Chicago School; Feminism; Functionalism; Gender; Kenneth Burke; Post structuralism; Pragmatism; Self psychology; Sexual conduct; Sexual scripts; Sexual theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 4043179709     PISSN: 01620436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:QUAS.0000005053.99846.e5     Document Type: Review

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