A postmodern feminist approach to teaching human sexuality

Family Relations

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 23-33

  Baber, Kristine M ^a   Murray, Colleen I ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethical issues; Human sexuality; Pedagogy theory; Postmodern feminism

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035582504     PISSN: 01976664     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-3729.2001.00023.x     Document Type: Article

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