'It's not what you said, it's how you said it': Perceptions of condom proposers by gender and strategy

Sex Roles

Volumn 62, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 603-614

  Broaddus, Michelle R ^a   Morris, Heather ^b   Bryan, Angela D ^c  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

Condom negotiation; HIV AIDS; Sexual scripts; Sexually transmitted infections; Social roles

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952951136     PISSN: 03600025     EISSN: 15732762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11199-009-9728-z     Document Type: Article

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