A COUPLE OF WHITE GUYS SITTING AROUND TALKING The Collective Rationalization of Cigar Smokers
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ALAN D. DESANTIS is an associate professor in the Department of Communication at the University of Kentucky. He is presently researching the ways fraternities and sororities both reinforce and challenge traditional conceptions of masculinity and femininity on college campuses. " The primary function of these arguments was to inoculate regulars from the potential disonance-causing and anxiety-creating effects of anti-smoking messages. "
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