Looking at and Longing for Male and Female "Swimsuit Models": Men Are Much More Category Specific Than Women

Social Psychological and Personality Science

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 238-245

  Lippa, Richard A ^a   Patterson, Travis M ^a   Marelich, William D ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

category specificity; gender differences; sex differences; sexual attraction

Indexed keywords

EID: 82355190475     PISSN: 19485506     EISSN: 19485514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1948550609359814     Document Type: Article

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