The gendered violence of injecting-related stigma among relatively affluent, suburban women who inject drugs.
George Christopher DertadianTheresa CaruanaLisa MaherPublished in: Drug and alcohol review (2023)
Taking the lead from feminist intersectionality scholarship, our data illustrate how stigma and discrimination act as a form of structural violence against women who inject drugs in affluent communities. While the social relations of gender provide some degree of protection by 'performing proximity to Whiteness', gendered stigma and violence persist.
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