Birds of a feather? Not when it comes to sexual permissiveness

Journal of Social and Personal Relationships

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 93-113

  Vrangalova, Zhana ^a   Bukberg, Rachel E ^a   Rieger, Gerulf ^a  

^a Cornell University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Friendship desirability; permissiveness; person perception; positive assortment; promiscuity; same sex friendships; sexual double standard; sociosexuality

Indexed keywords

EID: 84891930764     PISSN: 02654075     EISSN: 14603608     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0265407513487638     Document Type: Article

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