Hetero-romantic love and heterosexiness in children's g-rated films

Gender and Society

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 315-336

  Martin, Karin A ^a   Kazyak, Emily ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescence children; Media mass communications; Sexuality

Indexed keywords

EID: 66249100919     PISSN: 08912432     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0891243209335635     Document Type: Article

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