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4 Sex before Marriage

Julia A. ERICKSEN and Sally A. Steffen

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Chapters in this book

Frontmatter i
Acknowledgments vii
Contents xi
1 Asking Questions about Sex 1
2 In Urgent Need of the Facts 14
3 Sex in the Service of the Conjugal Bond 36
4 Sex before Marriage 67
5 Adolescent Fertility 87
6 Coupling and Uncoupling 110
7 Excising the Experts 135
8 Gay Men and AIDS 158
9 Politics and Sex Surveys 176
10 The Story Continues 209
11 Reforming Sex Research 219
Notes 231
Index 261

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Chapters in this book

Frontmatter i
Acknowledgments vii
Contents xi
1 Asking Questions about Sex 1
2 In Urgent Need of the Facts 14
3 Sex in the Service of the Conjugal Bond 36
4 Sex before Marriage 67
5 Adolescent Fertility 87
6 Coupling and Uncoupling 110
7 Excising the Experts 135
8 Gay Men and AIDS 158
9 Politics and Sex Surveys 176
10 The Story Continues 209
11 Reforming Sex Research 219
Notes 231
Index 261

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