Sexual miscommunication? Untangling assumptions about sexual communication between casual sex partners

Culture, Health and Sexuality

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-14

  Beres, Melanie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Canada; Consent; Date rape prevention; Heterosexuality; Sexual communication

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; COMPREHENSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTERVIEW; MALE; RAPE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

CANADA; COMMUNICATION; COMPREHENSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; RAPE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 77950993019     PISSN: 13691058     EISSN: 14645351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13691050903075226     Document Type: Article

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