Girlfriends, Sex and Violence: The Attitudes and Reported Behaviours of Adolescent Males in a South African Township

Mulumeoderhwa, Maroyi; Harris, Geoffrey

doi:10.15270/49-2-66

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“…As a reason for responding negatively to requests for sex, girls often say no although they may desire it, they are afraid their boyfriends will afterwards despise them, consider them prostitutes, and recount their sexual endeavours to their peers (Mulumeoderhwa & Harris, 2014 ). A study in South Africa reports that participants support concurrent sexual partners as a way of ensuring that men cannot miss a girlfriend if one ‘breaks your heart’, and this practice also helps men make the choice of a future spouse (Mulumeoderhwa & Harris, 2013 ).…”

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“…In another study in Kinshasa and Bukavu participants indicated that condoms did not offer full protection (Bosmans et al., 2006 ). A study conducted in South Kivu finds that social constructions of masculinity not only actively encourage the idea that ‘men cannot control their sexual urges’, but also hinder women's negotiation ability to negotiate safe sex and refuse it (Mulumeoderhwa & Harris, 2013 ).…”

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‘It’s not good to eat a candy in a wrapper’: male students’ perspectives on condom use and concurrent sexual partnerships in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo

Mulumeoderhwa

2018

SAHARA-J: Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS

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This paper reports on fieldwork carried out in 2011 with aim to investigate young men’s perspectives about condoms use, concurrent sexual partnerships and sex in the context of HIV/AIDS. This study employed a qualitative approach to collect data from 28 boys aged 16–20 from two urban and two rural high schools in South Kivu province. Four focus group discussions and 20 individual interviews were conducted among them. The findings showed that most students identified condoms as unsafe and untrustworthy. Reasons given for the mistrust of condoms were related to the belief that condoms do not give enough protection from Sexually Transmitted Infections, HIV and pregnancies. Most participants believe that condoms have a ‘small hole’ or are unreliable and are therefore not effective in prevention. They also mentioned that condoms encourage inappropriate sexual activity. They prefer flesh-to-flesh sex rather than protected sex using a condom. However, a few participants acknowledged the importance of condom use. Despite the risk of HIV transmission, boys believe that it is appropriate for them to have concurrent sexual partnerships. They justified the concurrent sexual partnerships as a way of ensuring that they cannot miss a girl to satisfy their sexual desire. Given the boys’ failure to use condoms and their strong inclination to concurrent sexual partnerships, there is a need for heath groups and stakeholders within the area to increase awareness about condoms’ effectiveness and improve knowledge dissemination on Sexually Transmitted Diseases and how they are prevented.

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Section: Condom Inconsistency and Justificationmentioning

confidence: 99%