Being the butt of the joke: Homophobic humour, male identity, and its connection to emotional and physical violence for men

Health Sociology Review

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 505-521

  McCann, Pol Dominic ^a   Plummer, David ^b,c   Minichiello, Victor ^d  

^a Jansen Newman Institute for Counselling and Psychotherapy   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c ROYAL TROPICAL INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Bullying; Homophobia; Jokes; Masculinity; Sociology

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952668689     PISSN: 14461242     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5172/hesr.2010.19.4.505     Document Type: Article

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