Transactional sex amongst young people in rural northern Tanzania: an ethnography of young women's motivations and negotiation.
Transactional sex amongst young people in rural northern Tanzania: an ethnography of young women's motivations and negotiation.
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DOI：
10.1186/1742-4755-7-2
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发表时间：
2010-04-29
影响因子：
3.4
通讯作者：
Ross D
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文献类型：
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作者：
Wamoyi J;Wight D;Plummer M;Mshana GH;Ross D
在某些文化中，性的物质交换（交易性行为）可能对性关系和健康很重要，但交易性行为的动机、规模和后果仍然知之甚少。本文的目的是研究年轻女性用性换取礼物或金钱的动机，她们在整个关系中谈判交易性行为的方式，以及这些谈判对艾滋病毒流行的影响。采用民族志研究设计，主要通过参与者观察和深入访谈在坦桑尼亚西北部的一个农村社区收集信息。定性方法由一项创新的辅助自我完成问卷加以补充。交易性行为是大多数非婚姻关系的基础，本质上并不被认为是不道德的。然而，女性的动机各不相同，例如：逃离极度贫困，寻找美容产品或积累商业资本。还有来自同辈的强大压力，要求她们从事交易性行为，尤其是像其他人一样消费，避免因报酬不足而受到嘲笑。塑造交易性行为的宏观因素（如经济、亲属关系和规范因素）绝大多数有利于男性，但在微观层面上，由于个人属性和直接环境，存在不同的权力维度，其中一些有利于女性。年轻女性积极地把她们的性作为一种经济资源，通常主要是为了经济利益而建立关系。交易性行为可能会增加感染艾滋病毒的风险，因为它提供了伴侣更换的动力，使更富裕、风险更高的男性更受欢迎，并为避孕套的使用制造了进一步的障碍。行为干预应直接解决性交易在性文化中的根深蒂固程度。
Material exchange for sex (transactional sex) may be important to sexual relationships and health in certain cultures, yet the motivations for transactional sex, its scale and consequences are still little understood. The aim of this paper is to examine young women's motivations to exchange sex for gifts or money, the way in which they negotiate transactional sex throughout their relationships, and the implications of these negotiations for the HIV epidemic. An ethnographic research design was used, with information collected primarily using participant observation and in-depth interviews in a rural community in North Western Tanzania. The qualitative approach was complemented by an innovative assisted self-completion questionnaire. Transactional sex underlay most non-marital relationships and was not, per se, perceived as immoral. However, women's motivations varied, for instance: escaping intense poverty, seeking beauty products or accumulating business capital. There was also strong pressure from peers to engage in transactional sex, in particular to consume like others and avoid ridicule for inadequate remuneration. Macro-level factors shaping transactional sex (e.g. economic, kinship and normative factors) overwhelmingly benefited men, but at a micro-level there were different dimensions of power, stemming from individual attributes and immediate circumstances, some of which benefited women. Young women actively used their sexuality as an economic resource, often entering into relationships primarily for economic gain. Transactional sex is likely to increase the risk of HIV by providing a dynamic for partner change, making more affluent, higher risk men more desirable, and creating further barriers to condom use. Behavioural interventions should directly address how embedded transactional sex is in sexual culture.
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影响因子：
1.2
作者：
Heald, S
通讯作者：
Heald, S
DOI：
10.1080/02533950308628681
发表时间：
2003-12-01
期刊：
SOCIAL DYNAMICS-A JOURNAL OF THE CENTRE FOR AFRICAN STUDIES UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN
影响因子：
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作者：
Leclerc-Madlala, S
通讯作者：
Leclerc-Madlala, S
影响因子：
2.5
作者：
CALDWELL, JC;CALDWELL, P;QUIGGIN, P
通讯作者：
QUIGGIN, P
影响因子：
2.1
作者：
Luke, N
通讯作者：
Luke, N
影响因子：
3.3
作者：
KAIJAGE, FJ
通讯作者：
KAIJAGE, FJ