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

Consent and Sexualized Leisure in Sin City: Observations from a U.S. Pornography Expo in Las Vegas

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Pages 393-410 | Received 24 Dec 2018, Accepted 03 Sep 2019, Published online: 17 Jan 2020

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