Talking about rape: South African men's responses to questions about rape

Agenda

Volumn 21, Issue 74, 2007, Pages 48-57

  Sikweyiya, Yandisa ^a   Jewkes, Rachel ^a   Morrell, Robert ^b  

^a SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

gender transformation; masculinities; methodologies; rape myths; rape perpetration

Indexed keywords

EID: 85044899537     PISSN: 10130950     EISSN: 2158978X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10130950.2007.9674875     Document Type: Article

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