From sexism to sexy: Challenging young adults' ageism about older women's sexuality

Sexuality Research and Social Policy

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 13-24

  Allen, Katherine R ^b   Roberto, Karen A ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Aging women; College students; Educational film; Feminism; Grounded theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 75649151076     PISSN: 15536610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/srsp.2009.6.4.13     Document Type: Article

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