Gender & History Journal
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Gender & History is the major international journal for research and writing on the history of femininity and masculinity and of gender relations.
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Marinella Marmo and I published this article back in 2011 for @genderandhistory.bsky.social on the practice of 'virginity testing' by UK border officials and the experiences of South Asian migrant women in the 1970s.
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Uncovering the ‘Virginity Testing’ Controversy in the National Archives: The Intersectionality of Discrimination in British Immigration History
This article explores the practice of ‘virginity testing’ by British immigration officers in the late 1970s through the internal documents of the Home Office held at the National Archives in London. ...
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September 24, 2025 at 8:47 AM
Marinella Marmo and I published this article back in 2011 for @genderandhistory.bsky.social on the practice of 'virginity testing' by UK border officials and the experiences of South Asian migrant women in the 1970s.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...