Gender, sexuality and violence in EcuadorFootnote*

This article is based on field work carried out in Ecuador, in the Province of Pichincha during 1976/77 and in 1983. It was financed by the Norwegian Research Council for Science and the Humanities (NAVF), the Agricultural University of Norway, with logistical and professional support from Centro de Planificación y Estudios Sociales (CEPLAES), Quito. Thanks to Eduardo Archetti, Gerd Holmboe‐Ottesen and Marit Melhuus for helpful comments on an earlier draft of this paper.

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