Producing facts: Empirical asexuality and the scientific study of sex

Feminism and Psychology

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 224-242

  Przybylo, Ela ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

(a)sexual identity; Asexuality; cartography; sexology; sexuality

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876701532     PISSN: 09593535     EISSN: 14617161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0959353512443668     Document Type: Article

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