The (im)possibilities of feminist school based sexuality education

Feminism and Psychology

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 166-185

  Jackson, Sue ^a   Weatherall, Ann ^a  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Desire; Gender; Poststructuralist discourse; Sexuality; Sexuality education

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952791795     PISSN: 09593535     EISSN: 14617161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0959353509349603     Document Type: Article

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