Protecting our daughters: Intersection of race, class and gender in African American mothers' socialization of their daughters' heterosexuality

Sex Roles

Volumn 59, Issue 5-6, 2008, Pages 429-442

  Townsend, Tiffany G ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

African American girls; African American mothers; HIV prevention; Sexual behavior; Sexual socialization

Indexed keywords

EID: 50249132695     PISSN: 03600025     EISSN: 15732762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11199-008-9409-3     Document Type: Review

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