Let's talk about sex: Reflections on conversations about love and sexuality in Kumasi and Endwa, Ghana

Culture, Health and Sexuality

Volumn 14, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2012, Pages

  Bochow, Astrid ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR SOCIAL ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ghana; respect; sexuality; silence; young people

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD BEHAVIOR; COURTSHIP; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GHANA; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LOVE; MALE; PEER GROUP; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS; STUDENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COURTSHIP; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; GHANA; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LOVE; MALE; PEER GROUP; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; SOCIAL VALUES; STUDENTS;

EID: 84869151434     PISSN: 13691058     EISSN: 14645351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13691058.2012.723751     Document Type: Article

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