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Special Issue: Innovation and Impact of Sex as Leisure in Research and Practice

The Dark Side of Solo Female Travel: Negative Encounters with Male Strangers

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Pages 375-392 | Received 11 Dec 2018, Accepted 26 Aug 2019, Published online: 13 Jan 2020

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