Freeing up the subject: Tension between traditional masculinity and involved fatherhood through communication about sexuality with adolescents

Culture, Health and Sexuality

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 391-411

  Kirkman, Maggie ^a,b   Rosenthal, Doreen A ^c   Feldman, S Shirley ^d  

^a NHMRC ^*  (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 2442422763     PISSN: 13691058     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13691050110068199     Document Type: Article

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