Pornography, normalization, and empowerment

Archives of Sexual Behavior

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1389-1401

  Weinberg, Martin S ^a   Williams, Colin J ^b   Kleiner, Sibyl ^a   Irizarry, Yasmiyn ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Empowerment; Gender; Normalization; Pornography; Sexual preference; Sexual scripts

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HETEROSEXUALITY; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLICATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY;

ADOLESCENT; EROTICA; FEMALE; HETEROSEXUALITY; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78651097245     PISSN: 00040002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10508-009-9592-5     Document Type: Article

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