Pornography and Sexist Attitudes Among Heterosexuals

Journal of Communication

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 638-660

  Hald, Gert Martin ^a,b   Malamuth, Neil N ^c   Lange, Theis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b Mental Health Center Glostrup   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROBABILITY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84881226522     PISSN: 00219916     EISSN: 14602466     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jcom.12037     Document Type: Article

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