Sexuality and 'silence' among Khasi youth of Meghalaya, Northeast India

Culture, Health and Sexuality

Volumn 15, Issue SUPPL.3, 2013, Pages

  War, Ryntihlin Jennifer ^a   Albert, Sandra ^b  

^a Martin Luther Christian University   (India)

^b Indian Institute of Public Health Shillong   (India)

Author keywords

indigenous peoples; Khasi; rape; sex education; sexual health

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COITUS; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; INDIA; INDUCED ABORTION; MALE; MASTURBATION; POPULATION GROUP; RAPE; RELIGION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL EDUCATION; SEXUALITY; STUDENT; YOUNG ADULT;

ABORTION, INDUCED; ADULT; COITUS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MASTURBATION; POPULATION GROUPS; RAPE; RELIGION AND SEX; SEX EDUCATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; STUDENTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84885424597     PISSN: 13691058     EISSN: 14645351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13691058.2013.792955     Document Type: Article

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