Adolescent Girls' Sexual Empowerment: Two Feminists Explore the Concept

Sex Roles

Volumn 66, Issue 11-12, 2012, Pages 703-712

  Lamb, Sharon ^a   Peterson, Zoë D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent girls; Empowerment; Feminism; Sexuality

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860597606     PISSN: 03600025     EISSN: 15732762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11199-011-9995-3     Document Type: Article

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