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Gender-based violence is a threat faced by young homeless women and the circumstances of homelessness provide little protection. This paper examines how young homeless women form and maintain intimate relationships with men to feel safe in this hazardous environment even though these relationships may also not be free from danger.
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This page is a summary of: Gender-Based Violence and Young Homeless Women: Femininity, Embodiment and Vicarious Physical Capital, The Sociological Review, May 2016, SAGE Publications,
DOI: 10.1111/1467-954x.12365.
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