GIRLFRIENDS, SEX AND VIOLENCE: THE ATTITUDES AND REPORTED BEHAVIOURS OF ADOLESCENT MALES IN A SOUTH AFRICAN TOWNSHIP

Authors

  • Maroyi Mulumeoderhwa Public Management and Economics, Durban University of Technology, Durban, South Africa.
  • Geoff Harris Public Management and Economics, Durban University of Technology, Durban, South Africa.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15270/49-2-66

Abstract

It has long been recognised that levels of gender violence in contemporary South Africa are very high and that a significant part of this violence involves forced sex. The Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation (CSVR) (2008) has characterised the country as being in a “state of sexual tyranny”. The specific aim of this research is to better understand the important beliefs and attitudes of a sample of young urban men concerning girlfriends, violence and sex. Such beliefs and attitudes are likely to result in behaviours which have direct implications for the high levels of gender violence, the high rates of HIV prevalence and the incidence of new infections

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2014-05-26

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Mulumeoderhwa, M., & Harris, G. (2014). GIRLFRIENDS, SEX AND VIOLENCE: THE ATTITUDES AND REPORTED BEHAVIOURS OF ADOLESCENT MALES IN A SOUTH AFRICAN TOWNSHIP. Social Work/Maatskaplike Werk, 49(2). https://doi.org/10.15270/49-2-66

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Vol. 49 No. 2 (2013)

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