Empowered victims? Women’s contradictory positions in the discourse of violence prevention

Feminism and Psychology

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 479-499

  Frazier, Kathryn E ^a   Falmagne, Rachel Joffe ^a  

^a CLARK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

discourse; empowerment; gender; risk; tension; violence

Indexed keywords

EID: 84908572795     PISSN: 09593535     EISSN: 14617161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0959353514552036     Document Type: Article

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