Homosexual signification: A moral construct in social contexts

Journal of Homosexuality

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 119-134

  Green, Beatrice C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Effeminacy; Gender roles; Homophobia; Masculinity; Pathology; Prejudice; Queer; Sexual license; Social norms; Stigma

Indexed keywords

ANUS; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CRIME; EDUCATION; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEAR; GENDER IDENTITY; HOMOPHOBIA; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; MASCULINITY; MORALITY; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PROSTITUTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SOCIAL PHOBIA;

CHRISTIANITY; FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MORALS; PHOBIC DISORDERS; PREJUDICE;

EID: 25444462247     PISSN: 00918369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J082v49n02_07     Document Type: Article

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