Daddy's little girls: On the perils of chastity clubs, purity balls, and ritualized abstinence

Frontiers

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 116-142

  Fahs, Breanne ^a  

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ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CULTURAL FACTOR; EDUCATION; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HISTORY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; ORGANIZATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL EDUCATION; SOCIAL CHANGE;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; ORGANIZATIONS; SEX EDUCATION; SEXUAL ABSTINENCE; SOCIAL CHANGE;

EID: 79953246774     PISSN: 01609009     EISSN: 15360334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5250/fronjwomestud.31.3.0116     Document Type: Article

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