Do You Know What Girls Really Think About Sex?

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Are mothers and daughters really communicating? The first ever O/Seventeen Sex survey went where no one has gone before—inside the heads of moms and their daughters. Take the quiz to find out just how much you know about what your daughter thinks about sex.

From the May 2009 issue of O, The Oprah Magazine

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Please note: O surveyed mothers with 15-22-year-old daughters, and girls ages 15-22.
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