Staying strong: Gender ideologies among African-American adolescents and the implications for HIV/STI prevention
Staying strong: Gender ideologies among African-American adolescents and the implications for HIV/STI prevention
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DOI：
10.1080/00224490701263785
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发表时间：
2007-05-01
影响因子：
3.6
通讯作者：
Ellen, Jonathan M.
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作者：
Kerrigan, Deanna;Andrinopoulos, Katherine;Ellen, Jonathan M.
本文探讨了青少年对男性和女性的定义、围绕性别意识形态形成的社会心理背景及其与艾滋病毒/性传播感染预防的关系。对居住在马里兰州巴尔的摩的 50 名非裔美国青少年进行了半结构化的深入访谈。女性的性别意识形态包括经济独立、情感力量和照顾。男性性别意识形态强调经济责任、坚韧和性能力。研究结果表明，男性参与者认为自己无法履行其作为经济提供者的主要性别角色，以及在缺乏成年男性榜样的情况下获得男性同龄人认可的重要性，从而影响了对与坚韧和性能力相关的男性性别意识形态的更强烈的坚持。对与情感力量和照顾相关的女性性别意识形态的更强烈的坚持可能与对男性亲密关系的强烈渴望和对男性性危险行为的容忍度有关。所记录的性别意识形态的影响及其共性在艾滋病毒/性传播感染预防方面进行了讨论。
This paper explores adolescents' definitions of what it means to be a man and a woman, the psycho-social context surrounding the formation of gender ideologies and their relationship to HIV/STI prevention. Semi-structured, in-depth interviews were conducted with 50 African-American adolescents living in Baltimore, Maryland. Female gender ideologies included economic independence, emotional strength and caretaking. Male gender ideologies emphasized financial responsibility, toughness and sexual prowess. Findings suggest that stronger adherence to male gender ideologies related to toughness and sexual prowess is influenced by male participants' perceived inability to fulfill their primary gender role as economic providers and the importance of gaining approval from male peers in the absence of adult male role models. Stronger adherence to female gender ideologies related to emotional strength and caretaking may be linked to a heightened desire for male intimacy and tolerance of male sexual risk behavior. Implications of the gender ideologies documented and their commonalities are discussed in terms of HIV/STI prevention.