"But there's a million jokes about everybody. . .": Prevalence of, and reasons for, directing negative behaviors toward gay men on a canadian university campus

Journal of Interpersonal Violence

Volumn 25, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 2094-2112

  Jewell, Lisa M ^a   Morrison, Melanie A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

discrimination; gay men; homonegativity; homophobia; sexual minorities

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANADA; FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL DISTANCE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS; STUDENT; UNIVERSITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CANADA; FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; PREJUDICE; PREVALENCE; SOCIAL DISTANCE; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77957307383     PISSN: 08862605     EISSN: 15526518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0886260509354499     Document Type: Article

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