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Culture, Health & Sexuality
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Masculinity and urban men: Perceived scripts for courtship, romantic, and sexual interactions with women

David Wyatt Seal The Center for AIDS Intervention Research, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, USA
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Anke A. Ehrhardt HIV Center for Clinical and Behavioral Studies, Columbia University and New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, USA
Pages 295-319 | Published online: 08 Nov 2010

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