Voluptuous vixens and macho males: A look at the portrayal of gender and sexuality in video games

Sex in Consumer Culture: The Erotic Content of Media and Marketing

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 51-65

  Smith, Stacy L ^a   Moyer Gusé, Emily ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203810729     Document Type: Chapter

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