Military men and sexual practices: Discourses of ‘othering’ in safer sex in the light of HIV/AIDS

Sahara J

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 33-41

  Mankayi, Nyameka ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

HIV AIDS; Masculinity; Military; Safe sex

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONDOM; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PROSTITUTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RACE; SAFE SEX; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOLDIER; SOUTH AFRICA; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; CONDOMS; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; CULTURE; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MEN; MILITARY PERSONNEL; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PREJUDICE; PROSTITUTION; SAFE SEX; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY; SOUTH AFRICA; WOMEN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67649285936     PISSN: 17290376     EISSN: 18134424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17290376.2009.9724927     Document Type: Article

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