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Doing Harm in the Name of Protection: Menstruation as a topic for sex education

Pages 347-365 | Published online: 01 Jul 2010

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Felicity Roux, Sharyn Burns, HuiJun Chih & Jacqueline Hendriks. (2022) The Use of a Two-Phase Online Delphi Panel Methodology to Inform the Concurrent Development of a School-Based Ovulatory Menstrual Health Literacy Intervention and Questionnaire. Frontiers in Global Women's Health 3.
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Tamara Peranovic & Brenda Bentley. (2016) Men and Menstruation: A Qualitative Exploration of Beliefs, Attitudes and Experiences. Sex Roles 77:1-2, pages 113-124.
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Jessica Fields, Jen Gilbert & Michelle Miller. 2015. Handbook of the Sociology of Sexualities. Handbook of the Sociology of Sexualities 371 387 .
M.L. Marván & M. Molina-Abolnik. (2012) Mexican Adolescents' Experience of Menarche and Attitudes Toward Menstruation: Role of Communication Between Mothers and Daughters. Journal of Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology 25:6, pages 358-363.
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Jessica Fields. (2012) Sexuality Education in the United States: Shared Cultural Ideas across a Political Divide. Sociology Compass 6:1, pages 1-14.
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Katherine R. AllenChristine E. Kaestle & Abbie E. Goldberg. (2010) More Than Just a Punctuation Mark: How Boys and Young Men Learn About Menstruation. Journal of Family Issues 32:2, pages 129-156.
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Yu-Ting Chang, Yueh-Chih Chen, Mark Hayter & Mei-Ling Lin. (2009) Menstrual and menarche experience among pubescent female students in Taiwan: implications for health education and promotion practice. Journal of Clinical Nursing 18:14, pages 2040-2048.
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Hilary Piercy & Mark Hayter. (2008) School nurse management of children’s questions when they are involved in primary school sex education: an exploratory study. Primary Health Care Research & Development 9:01.
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Mark Hayter, Hilary Piercy, Marie-Therese Massey & Trudy Gregory. (2007) School nurses and sex education: surveillance and disciplinary practices in primary schools. Journal of Advanced Nursing 0:0, pages 071126092556009-???.
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Sue Jackson. (2016) ‘Dear Girlfriend...’: Constructions of Sexual Health Problems and Sexual Identities in Letters to a Teenage Magazine. Sexualities 8:3, pages 282-305.
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Ma. Luisa Marván & Janett Bejarano. (2005) Premenarcheal Mexican Girls' and Their Teachers' Perceptions of Preparation Students Receive About Menstruation at School. Journal of School Health 75:3, pages 86-89.
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