Love at first sex: Latina girls' meanings of virginity loss and relationships

Identities

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 601-621

  García, Lorena ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Gender; Latinas; Race ethnicity; Sexuality; Virginity; Youth

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT SEXUALITY; ETHNICITY; GENDER ROLE; IDENTITY CONSTRUCTION; IDEOLOGY; PERCEPTION; RACE; YOUNG POPULATION;

LATIN AMERICA;

EID: 70350220455     PISSN: 1070289X     EISSN: 15473384     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10702890903172751     Document Type: Article

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