"What about the gray area?": College women's reflections on the sex talk and abstinence

Families in Society

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 312-322

  Hertzog, Jodie L ^a  

^a WICHITA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 45449095531     PISSN: 10443894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1606/1044-3894.3747     Document Type: Article

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