Gender role conflict and sexual health and relationship practices amongst young men living in urban informal settlements in South Africa. Issue 1 (2nd January 2020)
- Record Type:
- Journal Article
- Title:
- Gender role conflict and sexual health and relationship practices amongst young men living in urban informal settlements in South Africa. Issue 1 (2nd January 2020)
- Main Title:
- Gender role conflict and sexual health and relationship practices amongst young men living in urban informal settlements in South Africa
- Authors:
- Closson, Kalysha
Hatcher, Abigail
Sikweyiya, Yandisa
Washington, Laura
Mkhwanazi, Smanga
Jewkes, Rachel
Dunkle, Kristin
Gibbs, Andrew - Abstract:
- Abstract: Qualitative research suggests that men's inability to achieve dominant forms of masculinity may be related to HIV-risk behaviours and intimate partner violence (IPV) perpetration. Using clustered cross-sectional data, we assessed how young men's gender role conflict was associated with HIV-risk behaviours in urban informal settlements in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Gender Role Conflict and Stress (GRC/S) was measured using a South African adaptation of the GRC/S scale comprising three sub-scales: subordination to women; restrictive emotionality; and success, power and competition. In random-effect models adjusting for socio-demographics, we tested the relationship with GRC/S sub-scales and sexual health behaviours (transactional sex, use of sex workers, ≥2 main partners and ≥2 casual/once off partners), and relationship practices (relationship satisfaction, relationship control, partnership type and perpetration of IPV). Overall, 449 young men (median age = 25, Q1, Q3 = 23–28) were included in the analysis. Higher GRC/S scores, denoting more GRC/S, were associated with increased relationship control and increased odds of having ≥2 casual or one-off partners and engaging in transactional sex. We found differences in associations between each sub-scale and sexual health and relationship practices, highlighting important implications for informing both theoretical understandings of masculinity and gender transformative efforts.
- Is Part Of:
- Culture, health & sexuality. Volume 22:Issue 1(2020)
- Journal:
- Culture, health & sexuality
- Issue:
- Volume 22:Issue 1(2020)
- Issue Display:
- Volume 22, Issue 1 (2020)
- Year:
- 2020
- Volume:
- 22
- Issue:
- 1
- Issue Sort Value:
- 2020-0022-0001-0000
- Page Start:
- 31
- Page End:
- 47
- Publication Date:
- 2020-01-02
- Subjects:
- Men -- masculinity -- South Africa -- HIV-risk -- gender transformation
Sex -- Periodicals
Sex -- Cross-cultural studies -- Periodicals
Sex -- Health aspects -- Periodicals
306.705 - Journal URLs:
- http://www.tandfonline.com/toc/tchs20/current ↗
http://www.tandfonline.com/ ↗ - DOI:
- 10.1080/13691058.2019.1568578 ↗
- Languages:
- English
- ISSNs:
- 1369-1058
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