Constructions of masculinity among a group of South African men living with HIV/AIDS: reflections on resistance and change
Constructions of masculinity among a group of South African men living with HIV/AIDS: reflections on resistance and change
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DOI：
10.1080/13691050903082461
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发表时间：
2010-01-01
影响因子：
2.2
通讯作者：
Visser, Maretha J.
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作者：
Lynch, Ingrid;Brouard, Pierre W.;Visser, Maretha J.
在非洲，男性性行为往往与有害的性行为联系在一起，在艾滋病毒和艾滋病的背景下，这往往使男性成为该流行病传播的中心。尽管把重点放在了男性的做法上，但缺乏探索艾滋病毒携带者男性的主体地位的研究。这项研究探索了一群自认为是异性恋并携带艾滋病毒的南非黑人男性是如何构建男子气概的。使用话语分析，标准男子汉气概的构建被认为既是理想化的，也是被视为负担的，因为男性需要不断地采取行动，以确认他们作为“真正的”男性的地位。通过将男性描绘成坚不可摧和冷静的人，这种结构限制了男性承认健康风险或获得支持。第二种论述将艾滋病毒和艾滋病构建为破坏正常的男性气概，因为它通过疾病和护理需求限制了男性的能力。最后一个论述涉及一种转变的男子气概，艾滋病毒携带者在这种情况下重建他们的男子气概，因为遵守男性身份的标准结构被认为是限制性和有害的。
Male sexuality in Africa is often associated with harmful sexual practices, which, in the context of HIV and AIDS, often positions men as central to the spread of the epidemic. Despite this focus on men's practices, there is a lack of research exploring the subject positions of men living with HIV. This study explores how masculinity is constructed by a group of black South African men who self-identify as heterosexual and are living with HIV. Using discourse analysis, a construction of a normative masculinity is identified as being both idealised and perceived as a burden, in that men continually need to engage in actions that affirm their position as 'real' men. By depicting men as invulnerable and unemotional, this construction limits men from acknowledging health risks or accessing support. A second discourse constructs HIV and AIDS as disrupting normative masculinity, in that it restricts men's agency through illness and the need for care. A final discourse relates to a transformed masculinity, where men living with HIV reconstruct their masculinity, as conforming to normative constructions of male identity is perceived as restrictive and harmful.