Controlling intimacy: Sexual scripts among men and women in prostitution

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Controlling intimacy : Sexual scripts among men and women in prostitution . / Järvinen, Margaretha; Henriksen , Theresa Dyrvig.

I: Current Sociology, Bind 68, Nr. 3, 2020, s. 353-371.

Publikation: Bidrag til tidsskriftTidsskriftartikelfagfællebedømt

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Järvinen, M & Henriksen , TD 2020, 'Controlling intimacy: Sexual scripts among men and women in prostitution ', Current Sociology, bind 68, nr. 3, s. 353-371. https://doi.org/10.1177/0011392118815945

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Järvinen, M., & Henriksen , T. D. (2020). Controlling intimacy: Sexual scripts among men and women in prostitution . Current Sociology, 68(3), 353-371. https://doi.org/10.1177/0011392118815945

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Järvinen M, Henriksen TD. Controlling intimacy: Sexual scripts among men and women in prostitution . Current Sociology. 2020;68(3):353-371. https://doi.org/10.1177/0011392118815945

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Järvinen, Margaretha ; Henriksen , Theresa Dyrvig. / Controlling intimacy : Sexual scripts among men and women in prostitution . I: Current Sociology. 2020 ; Bind 68, Nr. 3. s. 353-371.

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