The construction, maintenance, and evolution of gay sm sexualities and sexual identities: A preliminary description of gay sm sexual identity practices

Sexualities

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 338-356

  Chaline, E R ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Gay SM; Male homosexual sadomasochism; Performance; Sexual identity practices; Social construction of identity

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953527351     PISSN: 13634607     EISSN: 14617382     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1363460709363323     Document Type: Article

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