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“What a Girl Wants, What a Girl Needs”: Responding to Sex, Gender, and Sexuality in the Early Childhood Classroom

Mindy Blaise Monash University
Pages 450-460 | Received 21 Jul 2008, Accepted 07 Oct 2008, Published online: 03 Nov 2009

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