Heteronormativity and the victimization of bisexual and pansexual women: an empirical test of norm-centered stigma theory

Recent research suggests that bisexual women may be at high risk for victimization due to their non-monosexual identities, yet it is unclear whether pansexual women, who also have non-monosexual identities, may be at high risk for victimization as well. In the current study, data from a sample of ad...

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Main Author: Worthen, Meredith Gwynne Fair (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2022
In: Critical criminology
Year: 2022, Volume: 30, Issue: 4, Pages: 1035-1055
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