'If I could really say that and get away with it!' accountability and ambivalence in American parents' sexuality lessons in the age of abstinence

Sex Education

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 239-250

  Elliott, Sinikka ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 77954629633     PISSN: 14681811     EISSN: 14720825     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14681811.2010.491630     Document Type: Article

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