Female sexuality in Nairobi: Flawed or favoured?

Culture, Health and Sexuality

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 267-277

  Spronk, Rachel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Female sexuality; Nairobi; Self identification; Sex; Women

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; AFRICA; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FEMININITY; GENDER IDENTITY; HETEROSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTERVIEW; MALE; MARRIAGE; MORALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF CONCEPT; SELF EVALUATION; SEX ROLE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SEXUALITY;

ADULT; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; KENYA; LIFE STYLE; NARRATION; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STEREOTYPING; URBAN POPULATION; WOMEN'S RIGHTS; WOMEN, WORKING;

EID: 17244377223     PISSN: 13691058     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13691050410001731107     Document Type: Article

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