'Pack a more powerful punch' and 'lay the pipe': Erectile enhancement discourse as a body project for masculinity

Journal of Gender Studies

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 131-146

  Brubaker, Sarah Jane ^a   Johnson, Jennifer A ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Erectile enhancement; Masculinity; Phallocentrism; Postmodern; The body; Violence

Indexed keywords

EID: 42949093674     PISSN: 09589236     EISSN: 14653869     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09589230802008899     Document Type: Article

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