#  Viterna's research cited in "El abuso de Fortín Magaña contra Las 17"/Fortín Magaña's abuse of Las 17 (El Faro, 01/04/2015) 

 



Sort   ##  **"Las piedras y los cuchillos enterrados en el corazón... basta leer el [análisis independiente que la socióloga Jocelyn Viterna](https://www.elfaro.net/es/201411/academico/16241/Principios-legales-versus-discriminaci%C3%B3n-de-g%C3%A9nero-El-caso-de-las-17.htm), de la Universidad de Harvard, ha hecho sobre los casos para comprobar que no existen tales detalles de película de horror."** 

 

  Viterna's research cited in the Spanish-language op-ed "[El abuso de Fortín Magaña contra Las 17](https://www.elfaro.net/es/201501/opinion/16428/El-abuso-de-Fort%C3%ADn-Maga%C3%B1a-contra-las-17.htm)" (Fortín Magaña's abuse of Las 17), *El Faro*, 01/04/2015.

 

 



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##  Viterna in the News 

 



  [### JOCELYN VITERNA

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##  **JOCELYN VITERNA** 

###  Professor of Sociology, Chair of Studies of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Harvard University



 

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##  Contact Prof. Viterna 

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