Effects of Gender and Sexual Activity Cues on the Sexual Responses of Women with Multidimensionally Defined Bisexuality

Journal of Bisexuality

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 154-179

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

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

bisexuality; sexual arousal; sexual orientation; sexual psychophysiology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84932650872     PISSN: 15299716     EISSN: 15299724     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15299716.2015.1023389     Document Type: Article

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