Sexuality education in the United States: Shared cultural ideas across a political divide

Sociology Compass

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-14

  Fields, Jessica ^a  

^a SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84855317525     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17519020     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-9020.2011.00436.x     Document Type: Article

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