Sharing beliefs: What sexuality means to Muslim Iranian women living in Australia

Culture, Health and Sexuality

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 237-248

  Khoei, Effat Merghati ^a   Whelan, Anna ^b   Cohen, Jeffrey ^b  

^a IRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Muslim women; Religion; Sexuality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO SEXUALITY; AUSTRALIA; CULTURAL VALUE; FEMALE; FEMININITY; HUMAN; IRAN; MARRIAGE; MOSLEM; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RELIGION; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SEXUAL EDUCATION; SEXUAL SATISFACTION;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; DOMINANCE-SUBORDINATION; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; IRAN; ISLAM; MIDDLE AGED; RELIGION AND SEX; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SPOUSES; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 42549148368     PISSN: 13691058     EISSN: 14645351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13691050701740039     Document Type: Article

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