Gender Violence
@article{Lombardi2001GenderV, title={Gender Violence}, author={Emilia L. Lombardi and Riki Anne Wilchins and Dana Priesing and Diana Malouf}, journal={Journal of Homosexuality}, year={2001}, volume={42}, pages={101 - 89} }
Abstract There is a pervasive pattern of discrimination and prejudice against transgendered people within society. Both economic discrimination and experiencing violence could be the result of a larger social climate that severely sanctions people for not conforming to society's norms concerning gender; as such, both would be strongly associated with each other. Questionnaires were distributed to people either through events or through volunteers, and made available upon the World Wide Web. A…
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