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Article: Toward improved interpretation and theory building of African American male sexualities.
- Article from:
- The Journal of Sex Research
- Article date:
- November 1, 2003
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Significant growth in the study of human sexual behavior has occurred over the past 20 years, with a heavy emphasis on determinants of sexual risk behavior and with populations (e.g., self-identified gay men, men who have sex with men [MSM]) that have previously been neglected in sex research (Parker & Aggleton, 1999; Parker, Herdt, & Carballo, 1991). Several populations disproportionately affected by the HIV epidemic including ethnic minority heterosexual women have formed the central focus of this growth and have been the subject of an increasing body of research. However, heterosexual men in general and heterosexual African American men in particular have been largely ...