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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

  2. 91-06 Whitney Ave., Apt. 7B, Elmhurst, NY, 11373, USA

    Larry Nuttbrock

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

    Walter Bockting

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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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