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To Be Young, Female, and “Normal”: The Health Risks of Absent Sexual Citizenship

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Hammar, L. To Be Young, Female, and “Normal”: The Health Risks of Absent Sexual Citizenship. Journal of Medical Humanities 20, 135–154 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1022963620768

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