Oral sex as mate retention behavior

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 185-188

  Pham, Michael N ^a   Shackelford, Todd K ^a  

^a OAKLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Benefit provisioning; Cunnilingus; Infidelity; Mate retention; Oral sex

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876814494     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2013.02.012     Document Type: Article

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