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  1. Department of Communication Sciences, University of Connecticut, 850 Bolton Rd. Unit 1085, 06269-1085, Storrs, CT

    Kirstie Farrar

  2. University of California, 93106, Santa Barbara

    Dale Kunkel, Erica Biely, Keren Eyal & Rena Fandrich

  3. University of Arizona, 85721, Arizona, USA

    Edward Donnerstein

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Farrar, K., Kunkel, D., Biely, E. et al. Sexual messages during prime-time programming. Sex Cult 7, 7–37 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12119-003-1001-y

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