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Honest answers for young adults' frank questions
by Dr. Christine B. Whelan
This past Sunday I gave a lecture on sex, dating and relationships at the Newman Center at the University of Iowa. As a professor here, I teach classes on the American family and introductory sociology courses, so I've heard a ...
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