Teaching Men's Anal Pleasure: Challenging Gender Norms with "Prostage" Education

American Journal of Sexuality Education

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 404-428

  Branfman, Jonathan ^a   Ekberg Stiritz, Susan ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

anal sex; gender norms; masculinities; men; sexuality education

Indexed keywords

EID: 84871328746     PISSN: 15546128     EISSN: 15546136     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15546128.2012.740951     Document Type: Article

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