What is sexual empowerment? a multidimensional and process-oriented approach to adolescent girls'sexual empowerment

Sex Roles

Volumn 62, Issue 5-6, 2010, Pages 307-313

  Peterson, Zoé D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Desire; Empowerment; Pleasure; Sexuality

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951765211     PISSN: 03600025     EISSN: 15732762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11199-009-9725-2     Document Type: Article

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