Pornography, Individual Differences in Risk and Men's Acceptance of Violence Against Women in a Representative Sample

Sex Roles

Volumn 66, Issue 7-8, 2012, Pages 427-439

  Malamuth, Neil M ^a   Hald, Gert Martin ^b   Koss, Mary ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Attitudes supporting violence; Confluence Model; Pornography; Rape myths

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858332580     PISSN: 03600025     EISSN: 15732762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11199-011-0082-6     Document Type: Article

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