Homophobia, heteronormativism and hegemonic masculinity: Male same-sex intimate violence from the perspective of Brisbane service providers

Psychiatry, Psychology and Law

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 412-423

  Kay, Melissa ^a   Jeffries, Samantha ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Hegemonic masculinity; Heteronormativism; Same sex domestic violence

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954838549     PISSN: 13218719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13218710903566953     Document Type: Article

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