'I am a mother': young women's negotiation of femininity and risk in the transition to adulthood
'I am a mother': young women's negotiation of femininity and risk in the transition to adulthood
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DOI：
10.1080/13691058.2015.1084376
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发表时间：
2016-03-03
影响因子：
2.2
通讯作者：
Graham, Lauren
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作者：
Graham, Lauren
在对青年危险性行为的研究中，占主导地位的男性和女性观念的作用越来越受到重视。然而，在研究试图探索女性特征的地方，主要集中在少女身上。本文从以前的研究出发，提供了年轻女性如何谈判他们的女性气质，因为他们从青春期过渡到成年，并遇到不断变化的社会环境的见解。根据人种学调查的数据，它认为，随着年轻妇女从学校过渡到成年，她们在谈判不同类型的女性气质方面的选择受到限制，从而导致从事危险的性行为。这可能在某种程度上解释了为什么在南非的某些情况下，年长的年轻妇女比少女更容易感染艾滋病毒。该文件为青年发展规划的未来前景提供了见解，这些规划旨在减少青年妇女易受风险的脆弱性。
In studies of sexual risk behaviour among youth, the role of dominant conceptions of masculinity and femininity has received increasing attention. However, where research has sought to explore femininity, it has predominantly focused on adolescent girls. This paper departs from previous research by offering insights into how young women negotiate their femininity as they transition from adolescence to adulthood and encounter changing social contexts. Drawing on data from ethnographic enquiry, it argues that as young women transition out of school and into emerging adulthood, their options for negotiating different types of femininity become constrained, with consequences for engagement in sexual risk behaviours. This may to some extent explain why in some South African contexts older young women are more vulnerable to HIV infection than adolescent girls. The paper offer insights into future prospects for youth development programming seeking to reduce young women's vulnerability to risk.