Equal Opportunity Objectification? The Sexualization of Men and Women on the Cover of Rolling Stone

Sexuality and Culture

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 256-278

  Hatton, Erin ^a   Trautner, Mary Nell ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Gender; Media; Popular culture; Sexual socialization; Sexualization

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960114583     PISSN: 10955143     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12119-011-9093-2     Document Type: Article

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