Slurs, snubs, and queer jokes: Incidence and impact of heterosexist harassment in academia

Sex Roles

Volumn 58, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 179-191

  Silverschanz, Perry ^a   Cortina, Lilia M ^a   Konik, Julie ^a   Magley, Vicki J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic outcomes; College students; Harassment; Heterosexism; Sexual minorities

Indexed keywords

EID: 38349189536     PISSN: 03600025     EISSN: 15732762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11199-007-9329-7     Document Type: Article

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