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Sexual Arousal Associated with Private as Compared to Public Feminine Dressing Among Male-to-Female Transgender Persons: A Further Response to Lawrence (2011)

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  1. National Development and Research Institutes, New York, NY, USA

    Larry Nuttbrock, Andrew Rosenblum, Mona Mason & Sel Hwahng

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    Larry Nuttbrock

  3. Program in Human Sexuality, Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, MN, USA

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Nuttbrock, L., Bockting, W., Rosenblum, A. et al. Sexual Arousal Associated with Private as Compared to Public Feminine Dressing Among Male-to-Female Transgender Persons: A Further Response to Lawrence (2011). Arch Sex Behav 40, 1093–1096 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10508-011-9815-4

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