Sex and Sexuality in Men's Personal Advertisements

Men and Masculinities

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 178-191

  Phua, Voon Chin ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

gender roles; masculinity; sex roles; sexuality; straight acting

Indexed keywords

EID: 84990316870     PISSN: 1097184X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1097184X02005002004     Document Type: Article

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