Compulsory bisexuality?: The challenges of modern sexual fluidity

Journal of Bisexuality

Volumn 9, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 431-449

  Fahs, Breanne ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY WEST   (United States)

Author keywords

Female bisexuality; LGBTQ rights; Normative pressures; Performance; Political attitudes

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951712309     PISSN: 15299716     EISSN: 15299724     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15299710903316661     Document Type: Article

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