Attitudes towards bisexual women and men: Current research, future directions

Current Research on Bisexuality

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 117-134

  Israel, Tania ^a   Mohr, Jonathan J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Attitudes regarding bisexuality; Binegativity; Biphobia; Bisexuality; Monosexism

Indexed keywords

EID: 84921601197     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1300/J159v04n01_09     Document Type: Chapter

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