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Sexual Abstinence

Known as: celibate, sex abstinence, Abstinence, Sexual 
Prevention of contraception by not engaging in sexual intercourse.
National Institutes of Health

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Family PlanningSex Behavior

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Postpartum AbstinenceVirginity

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Review
2012
Review
2012
The Confessions as Autobiography
At several points after deciding to join the catholic church in the summer of 386, Augustine framed current arguments… 
2006
2006
Factors Associated with ‘Feeling Suicidal’
SUMMARY This paper examines factors associated with feeling suicidal in a large sample of urban men in Sydney and Melbourne, aged… 
Review
2003
Review
2003
The proximate determinants of fertility in populations exposed to chronic hypoxia.
It has been hypothesized that hypoxia reduces fertility, but comparative studies of high and low altitude populations have been… 
2002
2002
Goodbye Father: The Celibate Male Priesthood and the Future of the Catholic Church
In the last half-century, the number of Catholic priests has plummeted by 40% while the number of Catholics has skyrocketed, up… 
Review
1999
Review
1999
Reproductive health and the condom dilemma: identifying situational barriers to HIV protection in South Africa
This chapter explores common social and cultural barriers to condom use, and in general to adopting protective behaviour against… 
Highly Cited
1998
Highly Cited
1998
Masculinity in Medieval Europe
Introduction. 1. Medieval Masculinities? PART ONE: ATTAINING MASCULINITY. 2. 'Death maketh the man': The construction of… 
Review
1993
Review
1993
[Mortality and cause of death in schizophrenia. Review of the literature].
Through a review of the literature, the average mortality in schizophrenia is twice higher than among the population. This over… 
1992
1992
Sexuality in youth culture: identity and change.
The sexual decisions of adolescents are, as Brooks-Gunn and Furstenberg have suggested, filtered through at least three… 
Review
1987
Review
1987
Behavioral consequences of AIDS antibody testing among gay men.
To the Editor.— We followed up 502 gay and bisexual men from 1984 (before human immunodeficiency virus antibody testing was… 
Review
1985
Review
1985
Self-reported behavioral change among gay and bisexual men--San Francisco.
A random probability sample was used in 1984 and 1985 surveys of risk factors for human T-lymphotropic virus type III… 
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