Practices of power and abuse in gay male relationships: An exploratory case study of a young, isiXhosa-speaking man in the Western Cape, South Africa

South African Journal of Psychology

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-20

  Henderson, Neil ^a   Shefer, Tamara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Abuse; Gay; Heteronormative; Heteropatriarchal; Homophobia; Male; Power; Relationships

Indexed keywords

EID: 50049111895     PISSN: 00812463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/008124630803800101     Document Type: Article

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