Towards a context-specific understanding of masculinities in Eswatini within voluntary medical male circumcision programming
| Autor: | Ndumiso Dlamini, Paul Mangara, Sarah Day, Kudzayi Ndlovu, Jacqueline Pienaar, Alfred Adams |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Anthropology of Health, Care and the Body (AISSR, FMG) |
| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Adult
Male Masculinity Health (social science) Sexual Behavior media_common.quotation_subject Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health HIV Infections Circumcision Male Turnover Male circumcision Context specific Humans Female Hiv acquisition Psychology Eswatini Clinical psychology media_common |
| Zdroj: | Culture, Health & Sexuality, 24(9), 1168-1180. Routledge |
| ISSN: | 1464-5351 1369-1058 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/13691058.2021.1933185 |
| Popis: | Compelling evidence from three randomised controlled trials, which showed that voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC) reduces HIV acquisition from women to men by up to 60%, led to WHO recommending that VMMC be implemented in 14 priority countries. As one of the priority countries, Eswatini aimed to reach 80% VMMC coverage among boys and men aged 10–49 years since programme inception in 2009. By the end of 2019, however, the country had reached a modest 40%. VMMC is intrinsically tied to perceptions of masculinity and male gender identity. Comprehending the role of context-specific masculinity as it relates to VMMC may contribute to our understanding of community attitudes towards VMMC and men’s decision-making. Drawing on focus group discussion data, this study aimed to explore the linkage between sexuality, masculinity and health interventions within Eswatini. Using critical discourse analysis, the study identified two discourses: sexuality, masculinity and circumcision, and income, masculinity, and circumcision. In the first discourse, participants constructed discursive linkages between circumcision as an adult and loss of penile sensitivity, decreased libido and sexual performance, and adverse events. The second discourse, income, masculinity, and circumcision located circumcision within the social and material realities faced by Swazi men, gender norms and provision within family structures. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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