Lamenting sexualization: Research, rhetoric and the story of young people's 'sexualization' in the UK Home Office review

Sex Education

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 327-337

  Smith, Clarissa ^a   Attwood, Feona ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUNDERLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b SHEFFIELD HALLAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 79961090046     PISSN: 14681811     EISSN: 14720825     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14681811.2011.590314     Document Type: Review

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