Feminist ideals for a healthy female adolescent sexuality: A critique

Sex Roles

Volumn 62, Issue 5-6, 2010, Pages 294-306

  Lamb, Sharon ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

^b Graduate Coll Education   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Desire; Health; Pleasure; Sexuality; Subjectivity

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951765515     PISSN: 03600025     EISSN: 15732762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11199-009-9698-1     Document Type: Article

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