Floretta Boonzaier
Biographic Data
| ID | 3923033 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Floretta Boonzaier |
| GIVEN NAMES | Floretta |
| FAMILY NAME | Boonzaier |
| SIGNATURE | BOONZAIER F |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Cape Town |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 15 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 91 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 15 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2003 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Feminism and Psychology
Pan-Africanism and Psychology in Decolonial Times
Pan-Africanism and Psychology in Decolonial Times
South African women’s constructions of sexual consent
Current understandings of sexual consent do not always acknowledge the effect of overarching social norms and ideals on how sexual consent is constructed. This research explored how women construct sexual consent using a feminist framework that focused on the use of discourses to analyse how power shapes these understandings. We aimed to gain insight into how women talk about sexual consent and the forces they identified as influencing their unde…
Black lesbian women in South Africa
Current conceptualisations of citizenship in South Africa are embedded in the egalitarian discourse of the Constitution, lauded for its recognition of historically marginalised groups, including sexually and gender diverse people. Within the paradox of progressive legal advancements and the legacy of colonialism and apartheid, we use a decolonial feminist lens to critically engage with the notion of citizenship for black lesbian women in contempo…
Narrative identity
Simone M. Peters*, Shose Kessi & Floretta BoonzaierDepartment of Psychology, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South AfricaSimone M. Peters is a PhD candidate at the University of Cape Town (UCT). Her research interest includes intersections of raced, classed and gendered subjectivities, and masculine identities. Email: .Shose Kessi is an Associate Professor at UCT. Her research interests include social identity theories, community psychology a…
Centre/ing decolonial feminist psychology in Africa
Psychology as a discipline has historically served the interests of dominant groups in society. By contrast, contemporary trends in psychological work have emerged as a direct result of the impact of violent histories of slavery, genocide and colonisation. Hence, we propose that psychology, particularly in its social forms, as a discipline centred on the relationship between mind and society, is well placed to produce the critical knowledge and t…
The Life and death of Anene Booysen
This article makes the argument that representations of gendered and sexual violence, its perniciousness and its persistence need to be traced historically, not just to the recent history of apartheid but to a longer colonial history, which has continued relevance for the ways in which bodies and subjectivities are coded. Media reportage on the death of Anene Booysen in 2013 is read through a decolonial feminist lens to argue that it tells us som…
Men’s constructions of masculinity and male sexuality through talk of buying sex
Commercial sex is an everyday occurrence across a range of contexts in South Africa. In this paper we turn our attention to the often-marginalised role of the buyers of sex by drawing on narrative interviews with male clients of female sex workers recruited through online advertisements in order to explore the ways in which heterosexual men construct, negotiate and perform their masculinity and sexuality through talking about their experiences of…
I believe that being a lesbian is not a curse”
The importance of engaging young people on issues of gender and sexuality in research has been widely acknowledged; however, young people of diverse sexualities have largely been excluded from research. Research that has been conducted with lesbian adolescents has mostly focused on risks that they face, for example risks of homophobic victimisation and increased vulnerability to mental health problems. Focusing solely on ‘risk’ makes invisible ot…
Selves’ in contradiction
South Africa has one of the most advanced constitutions in the world. Several progressive laws that promise the protection of women, including the Domestic Violence Act, and a range of state-funded bodies have been established to promote women’s rights. Despite these signs of transition to democracy in the post-apartheid era, violence against women remains problematically high. The dominant perspective in both South African and international lite…
Women's Experiences of An Intervention for Violent Men
South Africa has one of the highest rates of intimate partner violence in the world. However, very little research has been done in South Africa on the interventions that combat this violence. We investigated an intervention for domestically violent men through the experiences of six female partners during programme participation. Interpretative phenomenology was used to analyse women's experiences of the intervention programme. During programme …
If the Man Says you Must Sit, Then you Must Sit
Woman abuse and other forms of gender-based violence are key obstacles to gender equity across the globe. Researchers have examined the problem of woman abuse from a multitude of perspectives. However, little research has focused specifically on both partners' constructions of their relationships. This article is based upon a study that examined how women and men in intimate heterosexual relationships attribute meaning to the man's perpetration o…
Woman Abuse in South Africa
He's a Man, and I'm a Woman”
In South Africa, woman abuse is a pervasive social problem. This article explores how abused women give meaning to their experiences. Narrative interviews were used to investigate 15 women's experiences of violence from their partners. In their narratives, women constructed particular gendered identities, which reflected contradictory and ambiguous subjective experiences. Meanings women attached to their experiences of abuse were filtered through…
If the Man Says you Must Sit, Then you Must Sit
Woman abuse and other forms of gender-based violence are key obstacles to gender equity across the globe. Researchers have examined the problem of woman abuse from a multitude of perspectives. However, little research has focused specifically on both partners' constructions of their relationships. This article is based upon a study that examined how women and men in intimate heterosexual relationships attribute meaning to the man's perpetration o…
He's a Man, and I'm a Woman”
In South Africa, woman abuse is a pervasive social problem. This article explores how abused women give meaning to their experiences. Narrative interviews were used to investigate 15 women's experiences of violence from their partners. In their narratives, women constructed particular gendered identities, which reflected contradictory and ambiguous subjective experiences. Meanings women attached to their experiences of abuse were filtered through…
Centre/ing decolonial feminist psychology in Africa
Psychology as a discipline has historically served the interests of dominant groups in society. By contrast, contemporary trends in psychological work have emerged as a direct result of the impact of violent histories of slavery, genocide and colonisation. Hence, we propose that psychology, particularly in its social forms, as a discipline centred on the relationship between mind and society, is well placed to produce the critical knowledge and t…
Woman Abuse in South Africa
The Life and death of Anene Booysen
This article makes the argument that representations of gendered and sexual violence, its perniciousness and its persistence need to be traced historically, not just to the recent history of apartheid but to a longer colonial history, which has continued relevance for the ways in which bodies and subjectivities are coded. Media reportage on the death of Anene Booysen in 2013 is read through a decolonial feminist lens to argue that it tells us som…
Selves’ in contradiction
South Africa has one of the most advanced constitutions in the world. Several progressive laws that promise the protection of women, including the Domestic Violence Act, and a range of state-funded bodies have been established to promote women’s rights. Despite these signs of transition to democracy in the post-apartheid era, violence against women remains problematically high. The dominant perspective in both South African and international lite…
I believe that being a lesbian is not a curse”
The importance of engaging young people on issues of gender and sexuality in research has been widely acknowledged; however, young people of diverse sexualities have largely been excluded from research. Research that has been conducted with lesbian adolescents has mostly focused on risks that they face, for example risks of homophobic victimisation and increased vulnerability to mental health problems. Focusing solely on ‘risk’ makes invisible ot…
Black lesbian women in South Africa
Current conceptualisations of citizenship in South Africa are embedded in the egalitarian discourse of the Constitution, lauded for its recognition of historically marginalised groups, including sexually and gender diverse people. Within the paradox of progressive legal advancements and the legacy of colonialism and apartheid, we use a decolonial feminist lens to critically engage with the notion of citizenship for black lesbian women in contempo…
Women's Experiences of An Intervention for Violent Men
South Africa has one of the highest rates of intimate partner violence in the world. However, very little research has been done in South Africa on the interventions that combat this violence. We investigated an intervention for domestically violent men through the experiences of six female partners during programme participation. Interpretative phenomenology was used to analyse women's experiences of the intervention programme. During programme …
He's a Man, and I'm a Woman”
In South Africa, woman abuse is a pervasive social problem. This article explores how abused women give meaning to their experiences. Narrative interviews were used to investigate 15 women's experiences of violence from their partners. In their narratives, women constructed particular gendered identities, which reflected contradictory and ambiguous subjective experiences. Meanings women attached to their experiences of abuse were filtered through…
Woman Abuse in South Africa
If the Man Says you Must Sit, Then you Must Sit
Woman abuse and other forms of gender-based violence are key obstacles to gender equity across the globe. Researchers have examined the problem of woman abuse from a multitude of perspectives. However, little research has focused specifically on both partners' constructions of their relationships. This article is based upon a study that examined how women and men in intimate heterosexual relationships attribute meaning to the man's perpetration o…
Women's Experiences of An Intervention for Violent Men
South Africa has one of the highest rates of intimate partner violence in the world. However, very little research has been done in South Africa on the interventions that combat this violence. We investigated an intervention for domestically violent men through the experiences of six female partners during programme participation. Interpretative phenomenology was used to analyse women's experiences of the intervention programme. During programme …
Selves’ in contradiction
South Africa has one of the most advanced constitutions in the world. Several progressive laws that promise the protection of women, including the Domestic Violence Act, and a range of state-funded bodies have been established to promote women’s rights. Despite these signs of transition to democracy in the post-apartheid era, violence against women remains problematically high. The dominant perspective in both South African and international lite…
Men’s constructions of masculinity and male sexuality through talk of buying sex
Commercial sex is an everyday occurrence across a range of contexts in South Africa. In this paper we turn our attention to the often-marginalised role of the buyers of sex by drawing on narrative interviews with male clients of female sex workers recruited through online advertisements in order to explore the ways in which heterosexual men construct, negotiate and perform their masculinity and sexuality through talking about their experiences of…
I believe that being a lesbian is not a curse”
The importance of engaging young people on issues of gender and sexuality in research has been widely acknowledged; however, young people of diverse sexualities have largely been excluded from research. Research that has been conducted with lesbian adolescents has mostly focused on risks that they face, for example risks of homophobic victimisation and increased vulnerability to mental health problems. Focusing solely on ‘risk’ makes invisible ot…
The Life and death of Anene Booysen
This article makes the argument that representations of gendered and sexual violence, its perniciousness and its persistence need to be traced historically, not just to the recent history of apartheid but to a longer colonial history, which has continued relevance for the ways in which bodies and subjectivities are coded. Media reportage on the death of Anene Booysen in 2013 is read through a decolonial feminist lens to argue that it tells us som…
Centre/ing decolonial feminist psychology in Africa
Psychology as a discipline has historically served the interests of dominant groups in society. By contrast, contemporary trends in psychological work have emerged as a direct result of the impact of violent histories of slavery, genocide and colonisation. Hence, we propose that psychology, particularly in its social forms, as a discipline centred on the relationship between mind and society, is well placed to produce the critical knowledge and t…
Narrative identity
Simone M. Peters*, Shose Kessi & Floretta BoonzaierDepartment of Psychology, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South AfricaSimone M. Peters is a PhD candidate at the University of Cape Town (UCT). Her research interest includes intersections of raced, classed and gendered subjectivities, and masculine identities. Email: .Shose Kessi is an Associate Professor at UCT. Her research interests include social identity theories, community psychology a…
South African women’s constructions of sexual consent
Current understandings of sexual consent do not always acknowledge the effect of overarching social norms and ideals on how sexual consent is constructed. This research explored how women construct sexual consent using a feminist framework that focused on the use of discourses to analyse how power shapes these understandings. We aimed to gain insight into how women talk about sexual consent and the forces they identified as influencing their unde…
Black lesbian women in South Africa
Current conceptualisations of citizenship in South Africa are embedded in the egalitarian discourse of the Constitution, lauded for its recognition of historically marginalised groups, including sexually and gender diverse people. Within the paradox of progressive legal advancements and the legacy of colonialism and apartheid, we use a decolonial feminist lens to critically engage with the notion of citizenship for black lesbian women in contempo…
Pan-Africanism and Psychology in Decolonial Times
Pan-Africanism and Psychology in Decolonial Times
Feminism and Psychology
Psychology (12 works) · Sociology (12 works) · Gender Studies (10 works) · Social Psychology (8 works) · Gender Studies (7 works) · Intimate Partner and Family Violence (5 works) · Medicine (5 works) · Narrative (5 works) · Political science (5 works) · Sex work and related issues (5 works)