"Cutting for love": Genital incisions to enhance sexual desirability and commitment in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Reproductive Health Matters

Volumn 18, Issue 35, 2010, Pages 64-73

  Scorgie, Fiona ^a   Beksinska, Mags ^a   Chersich, Matthew ^b   Kunene, Busi ^c   Hilber, Adriane Martin ^d   Smit, Jennifer ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c Program for Appropriate Technology in Health   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Gender issues; Genital incisions; Love medicines; Sexual behaviour and practices; South Africa; Vaginal practices

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO SEXUALITY; AUTOMUTILATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL VALUE; FEMALE; FEMALE CIRCUMCISION; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; GENDER BIAS; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH SURVEY; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMAN; LOVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL AROUSAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL EDUCATION; SEXUALITY; SOUTH AFRICA; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE; WOMEN'S HEALTH; ADOLESCENT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; INTRADERMAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SURGERY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADMINISTRATION, CUTANEOUS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; GENITALIA, FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOUTH AFRICA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77953692456     PISSN: 09688080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0968-8080(10)35500-5     Document Type: Article

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