Free Adult Internet Web Sites: How Prevalent Are Degrading Acts?

Gender Issues

Volumn 27, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 131-145

  Gorman, Stacy ^a   Monk Turner, Elizabeth ^b   Fish, Jennifer N ^b  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Degradation; Internet; Pornography

Indexed keywords

EID: 79951950887     PISSN: 1098092X     EISSN: 19364717     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12147-010-9095-7     Document Type: Article

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