Slut-shaming, girl power and 'sexualisation': Thinking through the politics of the international SlutWalks with teen girls

Gender and Education

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 333-343

  Ringrose, Jessica ^a   Renold, Emma ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

domestic violence; femininities; focus groups; girls; heteronormativity; post structural theory; secondary education; violence

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861215233     PISSN: 09540253     EISSN: 13600516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09540253.2011.645023     Document Type: Article

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