'It started when i barked once when i was licking his boots!': A descriptive phenomenological study of the everyday experience of BDSM

Psychology and Sexuality

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 123-136

  Turley, Emma L ^a   King, Nigel ^a   Butt, Trevor ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HUDDERSFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

BDSM; Descriptive phenomenology; Giorgi; Interviews; Sexual practice

Indexed keywords

EID: 79953865352     PISSN: 19419899     EISSN: 19419902     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19419899.2010.528018     Document Type: Article

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