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Reproductive Health Matters
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Volume 18, 2010 - Issue 35: Cosmetic surgery, body image and sexuality
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Activism on the medicalization of sex and female genital cosmetic surgery by the New View Campaign in the United States

Pages 56-63 | Published online: 10 Jun 2010

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