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The chapter focuses on how adolescent girls actively explore different forms of self-knowledge in relation to their sexual selves. Specifically, the chapter analyses numerous graffiti writings written on the female toilet doors of a postsecondary school in Malta, which revolved around the girls’ doubts, struggles, perplexities and hopes related to their described sexual desires and encounters.
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Cassar, J. (2013). How Can I Lose My Shyness…?. In: Azzopardi, A. (eds) Youth: Responding to Lives. Studies in Inclusive Education. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6209-431-4_16
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