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If you drop the soap in the shower you are on your own: Images of male rape in selected prison movies

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Eigenberg, H., Baro, A. If you drop the soap in the shower you are on your own: Images of male rape in selected prison movies. Sex Cult 7, 56–89 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12119-003-1018-2

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