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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Cohen, Kerry.
Dirty little secrets : breaking the silence on teenage girls and promiscuity /by Kerry Cohen.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references.
1. Teenage girls—Sexual behavior. 2. Promiscuity. I. Title.
HQ27.5.C64 2011
306.70835—dc22
2011007322
Printed and bound in the United States of America.
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