Pornographic actresses are a poor choice for assessing what men optimally prefer in women's looks: Comments on voracek and fisher (2006)

Archives of Sexual Behavior

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 458-459

  Holland, Erik ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ANUS INTERCOURSE; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; BODY MASS; BREAST ENDOPROSTHESIS; FEMININITY; HETEROSEXUAL MALE; HUMAN; LETTER; MATE CHOICE; ORAL SEXUAL CONTACT; PHYSICAL ATTRACTIVENESS; SAMPLE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; VALIDITY; VIDEOTAPE;

BEAUTY; BODY CONSTITUTION; BODY MASS INDEX; BREAST IMPLANTS; HUMANS; MALE; SEXUALITY; VIDEO RECORDING; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 67651165063     PISSN: 00040002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10508-009-9470-1     Document Type: Letter

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