The Ebb and Flow of Homophobia: a Gender Taboo Theory.
A key challenge for gender theory and practice is to explain the circumstances in which homophobia either intensifies or declines. In addition to the important theoretical implications of such an explanation, being able to clearly delineate the mechanisms that drive the ebb and flow of homophobia ra...
| Published in: | Sex Roles Vol. 71; no. 3-4; pp. 126 - 137 |
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Springer Nature
Aug2014
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