Risky situation or harmless fun? A qualitative examination of college women's bad hook-up and rape scripts

Sex Roles

Volumn 60, Issue 11-12, 2009, Pages 793-804

  Littleton, Heather ^a   Tabernik, Holly ^b   Canales, Erika J ^b   Backstrom, Tamika ^b  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Casual sex; Hook up; Rape; Sexual assault

Indexed keywords

EID: 67349135746     PISSN: 03600025     EISSN: 15732762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11199-009-9586-8     Document Type: Article

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