Sexualization in Lyrics of Popular Music from 1959 to 2009: Implications for Sexuality Educators

Sexuality and Culture

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 103-117

  Cougar Hall, P ^a   West, Joshua H ^a   Hill, Shane ^a  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent sexual behavior; Adolescent sexual development; Sexual content in media; Sexual content in music; Sexuality education; Sexualization in music lyrics; Sexualization in popular music lyrics; Sexualized lyrics

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859219125     PISSN: 10955143     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12119-011-9103-4     Document Type: Article

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