"Women's Bodies are Shops": Beliefs About Transactional Sex and Implications for Understanding Gender Power and HIV Prevention in Tanzania
"Women's Bodies are Shops": Beliefs About Transactional Sex and Implications for Understanding Gender Power and HIV Prevention in Tanzania
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DOI：
10.1007/s10508-010-9646-8
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发表时间：
2011-02-01
影响因子：
3.8
通讯作者：
Stones, William
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作者：
Wamoyi, Joyce;Fenwick, Angela;Stones, William
虽然性交易与不良的性健康结果有关，但这种做法的含义尚不明确，似乎超出了与妇女经济状况有关的行为。本文探讨了父母和未婚的年轻人的动机和信念，在坦桑尼亚农村的交易性行为的人种学研究设计的角度。数据收集涉及17个重点小组和46次与14至24岁的年轻人和父母/照顾者的深入访谈。变性被父母和年轻人广泛接受。男性家长将性交换等同于从屠夫那里买肉，并以个人权力来解释女性在性行为之前的交换要求。年轻男子认为，性交易是让女人满足他们性欲的最简单方法，同时也证明了他们的男子气概。年轻妇女认为自己很幸运，因为她们可以利用自己的性行为来获得快乐和物质利益。她们觉得男人花钱买她们不能带走的“商品”（阴道）是愚蠢的。母亲们与女儿们意见一致。虽然年轻妇女对女性身体的剥削持积极态度，但她们也意识到健康风险，但将其归咎于运气不好。为增强妇女权能和作为预防艾滋病毒战略而采取的旨在处理性交易的干预措施，需要了解与这种做法相关的文化信仰，这些文化信仰可能使这种做法在已知风险的情况下蓬勃发展。
Although transactional sex has been linked to undesirable sexual health outcomes, there is a lack of clarity as to the meaning of the practice, which appears to extend beyond behaviors related to women's economic circumstances. This article explored the perspectives of parents and unmarried young people on motivations for, and beliefs about, transactional sex in rural Tanzania using an ethnographic research design. Data collection involved 17 focus groups and 46 in-depth interviews with young people aged 14-24 years and parents/caregivers. Transactional sex was widely accepted by both parents and young people. Male parents equated sexual exchange to buying meat from a butcher and interpreted women's demand for exchange before sex with personal power. Young men referred to transactional sex as the easiest way to get a woman to satisfy their sexual desires while also proving their masculinity. Young women perceived themselves as lucky to be created women as they could exploit their sexuality for pleasure and material gain. They felt men were stupid for paying for "goods" (vagina) they could not take away. Mothers were in agreement with their daughters. Although young women saw exploitation of the female body in positive terms, they were also aware of the health risks but ascribed these to bad luck. Interventions aimed at tackling transactional sex in the interests of women's empowerment and as a strategy for HIV prevention need to understand the cultural beliefs associated with the practice that may make it thrive despite the known risks.