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‘No girl wants to be called a slut!’: women, heterosexual casual sex and the sexual double standard

Panteá FarvidDepartment of Psychology, Auckland University of Technology, Auckland, Aotearoa/New ZealandCorrespondence[email protected]
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Virginia BraunSchool of Psychology, The University of Auckland, Auckland, Aotearoa/New Zealand
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Casey RowneyDepartment of Psychology, Auckland University of Technology, Auckland, Aotearoa/New Zealand
Pages 544-560 | Received 30 Mar 2015, Accepted 02 Feb 2016, Published online: 21 Mar 2016

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