SEXUAL PRIVACY AND EARLY SEXUAL DEBUT IN NAIROBI INFORMAL SETTLEMENTS
SEXUAL PRIVACY AND EARLY SEXUAL DEBUT IN NAIROBI INFORMAL SETTLEMENTS
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DOI：
10.1080/13668800600586936
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发表时间：
2006-01-01
影响因子：
2.3
通讯作者：
Magadi, Monica A.
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作者：
Amuyunzu-Nyamongo, Mary K.;Magadi, Monica A.
本文的目的是探讨性隐私是否是影响内罗毕城市贫民相对较早性行为的一个因素。与内罗毕四个非正规住区的 13 - 17 岁、18 - 24 岁、25 - 49 岁和 50 岁以上人群、社区领袖和服务提供者进行了 40 次焦点小组讨论。缺乏性隐私被认为是一个主要问题。尽管据报道成年人使用各种手段来获得一定程度的隐私，例如等待孩子入睡、关掉灯以及用窗帘分隔睡眠区域，但这些措施被发现不够充分。因此，参与者将年轻人过早开始性活动与缺乏性隐私联系起来。性隐私作为影响年轻人性行为的贫困因素尚未得到足够的研究关注。需要更多的研究来揭示成年人的性隐私和年轻人的性行为之间的具体联系。城市贫民的生活条件也应得到解决，以减轻缺乏性隐私的影响。
The purpose of this paper is to examine sexual privacy as a factor that may influence the relatively earlier sexual debut among the urban poor in Nairobi. 40 focus group discussions were held with people aged 13 - 17, 18 - 24, 25 - 49 and 50 + years, community leaders and service providers in four informal settlements of Nairobi. Lack of sexual privacy was identified as a major problem. Although adults were reported to use various means to acquire some measure of privacy, such as waiting for children to fall asleep, switching off the lights and separating the sleeping areas using curtains, these measures were found inadequate. The participants therefore associated young people's early initiation of sexual activity with lack of sexual privacy. Sexual privacy has not received adequate research attention as a dimension of poverty that influences young people's sexuality. More studies are called for to unravel the specific association between sexual privacy among adults and young people's sexual behaviour. The living conditions of the urban poor should also be addressed to mitigate the effects of lack of sexual privacy.