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Enacting masculinities: Pleasure to men and violence to women.

dc.contributor.authorNaidu, Uma Maheshvari.
dc.contributor.authorNgqila, Kholekile Hazel.
dc.date.accessioned2013-11-13T09:01:53Z
dc.date.available2013-11-13T09:01:53Z
dc.date.issued2013-05-02
dc.description.abstractFeminist anthropologists have shown how women’s bodies have been appropriated and rendered ‘docile’ by so called cultural or traditional practices, as well as by discourse. The compelled docility of African women (as that of other women in the global south), is perhaps especially visible within subtly coerced performances within a context of ‘traditional’ masculinised practices, such as unprotected sex, that leave many African women vulnerable and forced to negotiate a host of health concerns around sexually transmitted diseases and of course HIV/AIDS. This is to be seen as a form of violence perpetrated by men against their female partners. However, in probing condom use through a qualitative study with a small group of women, we notice that it is not simply a case of discerning patterns of hegemonic masculinities in relation to condom use or non-use, and that masculinities are also propped up and held together by the relational configurations of practice formed by (mutual) gender relations.en
dc.identifier.citationNaidu, M., & Ngqila, K.H. 2013. Enacting masculinities: Pleasure to men and violence to women. Agenda, 27 (1), 1-10.en
dc.identifier.issn1013-0950
dc.identifier.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10130950.2013.793898en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10413/9985
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherTaylor & Francis (Routledge)/UNISA Press.en
dc.subjectFeminism--Africa.en
dc.subjectMasculinity--Social aspects.en
dc.subjectGender identity.en
dc.subjectMan-woman relationships.en
dc.subject.otherMultiple masculinities.en
dc.subject.otherHegemonic.en
dc.subject.otherTradition.en
dc.subject.otherGender relations.en
dc.titleEnacting masculinities: Pleasure to men and violence to women.en
dc.typePeer reviewed journal articleen

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