"Become big, and i'll give you something to eat": Thoughts and notes on boyhood sexual health

International Journal of Men's Health

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 19-34

  Janssen, Diederik F ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Biomedical perspective; Boyhood sexuality; Ethnohistorical or cartographic perspective; Healthy sexuality; Indigenous customs; Puberty; Virginity

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICINE; BOY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; ETHNOGRAPHY; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; GENDER IDENTITY DISORDER; HUMAN; INDIGENOUS PEOPLE; MASCULINITY; MEN'S HEALTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; REVIEW; SEXUAL HEALTH; SEXUALITY; SOCIAL ASPECT;

EID: 34047162941     PISSN: 15326306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3149/jmh.0501.19     Document Type: Review

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