Virginity lost: An intimate portrait of first sexual experiences

Virginity Lost: An Intimate Portrait of First Sexual Experiences

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 1-295

  Carpenter, Laura M ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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