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Youth Cyberbullying Among Current or Former Friends and Dating Partners

Youth cyberbullying is dramatically more likely to occur between current or former friends and dating partners than between students who were never friends or in a romantic relationship.

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Melissa M. Wilcox provides a historical overview of the development of self-chosen terminology among same-sex attracted and gender-nonconforming people in the twentieth and twenty-first...

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A broadly multicultural student body presents unique challenges and opportunities for teaching the sociology of sexuality and homosexuality. Personal insights are offered in the hope that others will be encouraged to develop courses for student populations which may initially seem unreceptive or uninterested

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