Gender equality and women's absolute status: A test of the feminist models of rape

Violence Against Women

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 321-339

  Martin, Kimberly ^a   Vieraitis, Lynne M ^b   Britto, Sarah ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^c CENTRAL WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Feminist theory; Rape; Rape rates

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FEMINISM; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; RAPE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES; WOMEN'S HEALTH; WOMEN'S RIGHTS;

FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; FEMINISM; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; RAPE; RESEARCH DESIGN; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES; WOMEN'S HEALTH; WOMEN'S RIGHTS;

EID: 33644996891     PISSN: 10778012     EISSN: 15528448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1077801206286311     Document Type: Article

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