Engendering homophobia: Violence, sexuality and gender conformity

Journal of Sociology

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 257-273

  Tomsen, Stephen ^a   Mason, Gail ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

gender; hate crime; homophobia; masculinity; sexuality; violence

Indexed keywords

EID: 0040754942     PISSN: 14407833     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/144078301128756337     Document Type: Article

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