Processes of sexual orientation questioning among heterosexual men

Men and Masculinities

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 425-443

  Morgan, Elizabeth M ^a,b   Steiner, Matthew G ^a   Thompson, Elisabeth Morgan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b BOISE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Compulsory heterosexuality; Emerging adulthood; Male sexuality; Sexual identity development

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952511565     PISSN: 1097184X     EISSN: 15526828     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1097184X08322630     Document Type: Article

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