A brief review and discussion of sex differences in the specificity of sexual arousal
@article{Chivers2005ABR,
title={A brief review and discussion of sex differences in the specificity of sexual arousal},
author={Meredith L. Chivers},
journal={Sexual and Relationship Therapy},
year={2005},
volume={20},
pages={377 - 390},
url={https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:44451821}
}Most traditional models of sexual response, sexual dysfunction, and sexual orientation are not sexspecific and, as such, may not adequately explain observed differences in male and female sexuality.
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