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Damned If You Do, Damned If You Don't…If You're a Girl: Relational and Normative Contexts of Adolescent Sexting in the United States

Pages 371-386 | Received 05 Jun 2013, Accepted 07 May 2014, Published online: 06 Jun 2014

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