Dissertation Research: Gender and Household Economy in the Dominican Republic

埃默里大学文化人类学专业的一名学生将研究多米尼加共和国一个工人阶级社区中男性的性别观点。虽然岛上的艾滋病毒感染率相对较高，但公共卫生调查显示，多米尼加妇女将高风险行为归因于其伴侣的期望。这个项目将研究男性如何理解他们的男子气概、性和家庭责任的规范。通过结合对大约500个家庭的人口统计调查，对大约300名男性的结构化访谈，HIV感染者和社区居民，行为风险评估和密集的人种学访谈，学生（母语为西班牙语）将评估男性气概的规范模式与性决策的特定模式之间的关系。学生将测试关于男性声誉与家庭资源和角色义务的其他行为之间关系的各种假设。这些结果将是对现有的性别角色和性行为研究的重要补充，这些研究倾向于关注女性的行为，并且应该引起对设计有效预防性病方案感兴趣的公共卫生专家的兴趣。？┐╝,?┴%┤AA ?Â¥©╣¢_ _ _ _ _ _ _ ？╝¥/¥╝AA╣吗?？Â¥©Á Á ？╝%┤

This dissertation research project by a cultural anthropology student at Emory University will study the gender perspectives of men in a working class neighborhood of the Dominican Republic. While the island suffers relatively high rates of HIV infection, public health surveys have shown that Dominican women attribute high risk behavior to their partner's expectations. This project will examine how men conceive of their norms of masculinity, sexuality and household responsibility. By combining demographic surveys of approximately 500 households, structured interviews with about 300 men in two categories, HIV infected, and neighborhood residents, behavioral risk assessment and intensive ethnographic interviewing, the student (a native Spanish speaker) will assess the relationship between men's normative models of masculinity and specific patterns of sexual decision-making. The student will test various hypotheses about the relation of masculine reputations and other behaviors concerning household resources and role obligations. The results will be an important complement to the existing studies of gender roles and sexuality which tend to focus on women's behavior, and should be of interest for public health specialists interested in designing effective programs to prevent STDs. ?┐╝ ,?┴%Á┤ÀÁ ? ¥©╣¢ ╣_║?╝¥/¥ ╝ÁÀ╣? ? ¥©Á ┴?╝%┤