Heterosexual dating discourses among college students: Is there still a double standard?

Journal of College Student Psychotherapy

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 7-23

  Schleicher, Sabrina Starling ^a   Gilbert, Lucia Albino ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^b Fremont Counseling Service   (United States)

Author keywords

College students; Dating; Discourses; Double standard; Sexual scripts

Indexed keywords

EID: 84868552176     PISSN: 87568225     EISSN: 15404730     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J035v19n03_03     Document Type: Article

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