Dangers, Pleasures and Teenage Girls: A Report on Young Women and Sexuality

ISBN-10
088989275X
ISBN-13
9780889892750
Category
Sex (Psychology)
Pages
21
Language
English
Published
1997-06-01
Publisher
Canadian Teachers' Federation
Authors
Karen Dubinsky, Susan Belyea, Canadian Teachers' Federation

Description

This document explores more closely the relationship between sexuality and power.

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