Traditional gender roles, forced sex and HIV in Zimbabwean marriages

Culture, Health and Sexuality

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 577-590

  Mugweni, Esther ^a   Pearson, Stephen ^b   Omar, Mayeh ^b  

^a University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

femininity; forced sex; marriage; masculinity; Zimbabwe

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONCEPT FORMATION; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; FEMININITY; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; MARRIAGE; MASCULINITY; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RAPE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SPOUSE; WOMEN'S RIGHTS; ZIMBABWE;

ADULT; CONCEPT FORMATION; CULTURE; FEMALE; FEMININITY; FOCUS GROUPS; GENDER IDENTITY; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; MARRIAGE; MASCULINITY; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RAPE; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; SPOUSES; WOMEN'S RIGHTS; YOUNG ADULT; ZIMBABWE;

EID: 84860348805     PISSN: 13691058     EISSN: 14645351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13691058.2012.671962     Document Type: Article

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