Gender-Specificity of Genital Response and Self-Reported Sexual Arousal in Women Endorsing Facets of Bisexuality

Journal of Bisexuality

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 180-203

  Bouchard, Katrina N ^a   Timmers, Amanda D ^a   Chivers, Meredith L ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

bisexuality; sexual arousal; sexual orientation; sexual psychophysiology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84932603383     PISSN: 15299716     EISSN: 15299724     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15299716.2015.1022924     Document Type: Article

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