Women's sex blogs: Challenging dominant discourses of heterosexual desire

Feminism and Psychology

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 411-419

  Muise, Amy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

blogs; discourse; heterosexual desire; postfeminism; women

Indexed keywords

EID: 79961180153     PISSN: 09593535     EISSN: 14617161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0959353511411691     Document Type: Article

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