Tailhook and the construction of sexual harassment in the media: "rowdy navy boys" and women who made a difference

Violence Against Woman

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 81-99

  Kasinsky, Renée Goldsmith ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS LOWELL   (United States)

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EID: 0039403117     PISSN: 10778012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1077801298004001006     Document Type: Article

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