Violation of the rights of female homosexuals
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Discrimination against lesbians
Denial of the rights of female homosexuals
Active prejudice towards lesbian women
Nature
A woman who is suspected or known to be lesbian will be more or less boycotted by her social environment and forced into an isolation which will make her particularly vulnerable to alcoholism. In professional life, a different reason than the lesbianism of the employee will be given for dismissal or withholding promotion. In the event of divorce, they are generally denied the custody of their child. Most of the countries deny the possibility of artificial insemination for those who wish to have a child. Lesbians are one of the favourite targets of small neo-nazi groups.
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(E) Emanations of other problems