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Has Virginity Lost Its Virtue? Relationship Stigma Associated With Being a Sexually Inexperienced Adult

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Michael D. Barnett, Kennedy A. Millward & Idalia V. Maciel. (2022) Correlates of Disclosure of Virginity Status Among U.S. College Students. Archives of Sexual Behavior 51:6, pages 3141-3149.
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Val Wongsomboon, Gregory D. Webster & Mary H. Burleson. (2021) It’s The “Why”: Links between (Non)autonomous Sexual Motives, Sexual Assertiveness, and Women’s Orgasm in Casual Sex. Archives of Sexual Behavior 51:1, pages 621-632.
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