Girls gone wild? Heterosexual women's same-sex encounters at college parties

Psychology of Women Quarterly

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 7-24

  Yost, Megan R ^a   McCarthy, Lauren ^b  

^a DICKINSON COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

empowerment; homosexuality (attitudes toward); motivation; objectification; sexuality; social drinking

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857677370     PISSN: 03616843     EISSN: 14716402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0361684311414818     Document Type: Article

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