Challenging and Changing Gender Attitudes among Young Men in Mumbai, India

Verma, Ravi; Pulerwitz, Julie; Mahendra, Vaishali Sharma; Khandekar, Sujata; Barker, Gary; Fulpagare, P.; Singh, Susheela

doi:10.1016/s0968-8080(06)28261-2

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“…47 Interventions involving interactive group education and social media campaigns among young men to change gender attitudes and promote safer sexual behaviours have revealed promising results in Brazil, India and Nicaragua. 20,33 Although the current findings contribute to the understanding of the association between gender norms and sexual behaviours in Jamaica, this study has several limitations that must be taken into consideration when interpreting the results. First, the crosssectional study design used does not allow us to demonstrate causality.…”

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“…[17][18][19] Additionally, in some societies, females are not expected to be knowledgeable about safer sex practices, and those seeking information about safer sex are often viewed as promiscuous or adulterous. 12,20,21 The HIV prevalence among adults (15-49 years) in Jamaica (the third-largest island in the Caribbean) is~1.7%, with higher rates among sex workers (9%) and men who have sex with men (25-30%). 22,23 Though Jamaica's National HIV/AIDS Response Program has played a central role in slowing the rate of the epidemic, little progress has been made in changing sexual risk behaviours such as having multiple sexual partners, especially among men.…”

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Gender norms and sexual behaviours among men in western Jamaica

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Abstract. Objectives: Gender norms, especially among men, can reduce the effectiveness of HIV prevention programs. We sought to assess the association between attitudes towards gender norms and risky sexual behaviours, and identify sociodemographic factors that predict gender-inequitable and masculinity norms among men in western Jamaica. Methods: A cross-sectional, survey of 549 men aged 19-54 years was conducted. Attitudes towards gender norms were measured using the Gender Equitable Men and Macho scales. Logistic regression and general linear models were used to assess associations between gender norms and multiple sexual partners, and to identify the associated sociodemographic factors. Adjusted odds ratios (AORs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) are presented. Results: Fifty-four percent of the participants (mean age = 32.4 years) reported multiple sex partners and 22% reported unprotected sex with non-regular partner in the past 12 months. Men with moderate (AOR = 2.2; 95% CI = 1.4-3.3) and high (AOR = 4.2; 95% CI = 2.0-8.5) support for inequitable gender norms, and moderate (AOR = 1.7; 95% CI = 1.1-2.7) and high (AOR = 2.5; 95% CI = 1.5-4.3) support for masculinity norms were more likely to report multiple sex partners. Similarly, men with moderate (AOR = 2.4; 95% CI = 1.3-4.3) and high (AOR = 2.5; 95% CI = 1.2-5.2) support for inequitable gender norms were more likely to report unprotected sex with a nonregular partner. Conclusion: A high proportion of Jamaican men engage in risky sexual behaviours. These results highlight the need for behaviour change interventions addressing gender norms targeting Jamaican men.

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Gender norms and sexual behaviours among men in western Jamaica

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“…37,38 Examples include: "If they don't get sex from their girlfriends, boys/men will find someone else to have sex with"; "most boys/men do not stay faithful to their girlfriends for very long"; "boys/men need to have sex with many different girls/women, even if they are dating someone"; "if a boy/man has a baby with a girl/ woman, he can have sex with her whenever he wants"; "boys/men are always ready for sex." Cronbach's alpha was 0.93 for these 13 items, indicating strong reliability.…”

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Male Perpetration of Teen Dating Violence: Associations with Neighborhood Violence Involvement, Gender Attitudes, and Perceived Peer and Neighborhood Norms

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This study aims to examine the link between male perpetration of teen dating violence (TDV) and neighborhood violence, as well as associations with gender attitudes and perceived peer and neighborhood norms related to violence among a sample of urban adolescent boys. Participants of this cross-sectional study (N=275) were between the ages of 14 and 20 years and recruited from urban community health centers. Crude and adjusted logistic and linear regression models were used to examine TDV perpetration in relation to (a) neighborhood violence involvement, (b) perceptions of peer violence, (c) perceptions of neighborhood violence, and (d) gender attitudes. Slightly more than one in four (28%) boys reported at least one form of TDV perpetration; among boys who have ever had sex, almost half (45%) reported at least one form of TDV perpetration. In logistic and linear regression models adjusted for demographics, boys who reported TDV perpetration were more likely to report involvement in neighborhood violence (odds ratio (OR)=3.1; 95% confidence interval (CI)=1.7-5.5), beliefs that their friends have perpetrated TDV (OR=2.7; 95%CI=1.4-5.1), perceptions of violent activity within their neighborhood (OR=3.0; 95%CI=1.4-6.3), and greater support of traditional gender norms (β=3.2, p=0.002). The findings suggest that efforts are needed to address boys' behaviors related to the perpetration of multiple forms of violence and require explicit efforts to reduce perceived norms of violence perpetration as well as problematic gender attitudes (e.g., increasing support for gender equity) across boys' life contexts.

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“…Programmes have been successful in addressing the vulnerability that men experience when attempting to change how they perceive masculinity and take responsibility for their actions. 8,9 HIV positive men and women are doubly affected by the sexuality power differential, due to the extra vulnerability they face due to their HIV status. This differential may express itself even more when the couple is discordant, especially if it is the woman rather than the man who is HIV positive.…”

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confidence: 99%