An explorative study of rural women's peceptions [sic] of sexuality and HIV prevention in their local socio-cultural context : a case study of rural Schoemansdal, Mpumalanga

• Main Author: Chauke, Tinyiko
• Other Authors: Chisale, Sinenhlanhla Sithulisiwe
• Format: Others
• Language: en
• Published: 2014
• Subjects: Rural women; Sexuality; HIV prevention; Socio-cultural context; Religion; Social constructivism; Sexual scripts theory; Mpumalanga; HIV and AIDS; 362.19697920082096827; Rural women > South Africa > Mpumalanga > Social conditions > Case studies; Rural women > Health and hygiene > South Africa > Mpumalanga > Case studies; Women's health services > South Africa > Mpumalanga; Rural women > Services for > South Africa > Mpumalanga > Case studies; Rural women > Sexual behavior > South Africa > Mpumalanga > Case studies; Swazi (African people) > South Africa > Mpumalanga > Social life and customs > Case studies; HIV infections > South Africa > Mpumalanga > Prevention; AIDS (Disease) > South Africa > Mpumalanga > Prevention; Sex customs > South Africa > Mpumalanga
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10500/14356

Socio-cultural factors oppress and construct women as men’s objects of desire and pleasure, thus increasing women’s vulnerability to HIV infection and, subsequently, maintaining the HIV and AIDS epidemic and prevalence in South Africa’s rural areas. South Africa’s rural women and their sexuality has not received adequate attention to date. This qualitative study sought to explore rural women’s perceptions on their sexuality and HIV prevention within the socio-cultural context of Schoemansdal (South Africa). A sample of ten participants, who are women from the Swazi ethnic group between the ages of twenty and fifty, were purposefully drawn to participate in this study. Data were collected by means of tape–recorded, face-to-face interviews and focus group discussions. Results of the study reveal that women’s social and cultural contexts have an influence on their perceptions of sexuality and HIV prevention, and that this poses a hindrance to women’s HIV-prevention behaviours such as condom use. The study’s findings reveal that in examining HIV infection and prevention, women’s diverse contexts and experiences cannot continue to be overlooked. This is because they may provide relevant understanding of the epidemic that is plaguing South Africa’s rural women. === An explorative study of rural women's perceptions of sexuality and HIV prevention in their local socio-cultural context : a case study of rural Schoemansdal, Mpumalanga === Social Work === M.A. (Social Behaviour Studies in HIV/AIDS)