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Sexual violence in three pornographic media: Toward a sociological explanation

Martin Barron State University of New York, Stony Brook
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Michael Kimmel State University of New York, Department of Sociology, at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, NY, 11794–4356 E-mail: [email protected]
Pages 161-168 | Accepted 14 Jan 2000, Published online: 11 Jan 2010

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