Physical women, emotional men: Gender and sexual satisfaction in midlife

Archives of Sexual Behavior

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 87-107

  Carpenter, Laura M ^a   Nathanson, Constance A ^b   Kim, Young J ^c  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Mailman School of Public Health ^*  (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Gender; Middle age; Sexual satisfaction; Sexuality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGING; CULTURE; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HETEROSEXUALITY; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

EID: 58649090853     PISSN: 00040002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10508-007-9215-y     Document Type: Article

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