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Annual Review of Sex Research Special Issue

Intersectional Epistemologies of Ignorance: How Behavioral and Social Science Research Shapes What We Know, Think We Know, and Don’t Know About U.S. Black Men’s Sexualities

Lisa BowlegDepartment of Psychology, The George Washington UniversityCorrespondence[email protected]
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Ana María del Río-GonzálezDepartment of Psychology, The George Washington University
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Sidney L. HoltDepartment of Psychology, The George Washington University
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Carolin PérezDepartment of Psychology, The George Washington University
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Jenné S. MassieDepartment of Psychology, The George Washington University
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Jessica E. MandellDepartment of Psychology, The George Washington University
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Cheriko A. BooneDepartment of Psychology, The George Washington University
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Pages 577-603 | Published online: 13 Mar 2017

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