Taking Care of Business
Alcohol as Currency in Transactional Sexual Relationships Among Players in Cape Town, South Africa
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4708267 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Loraine Townsend (Medical Research Council, Cape Town, South Africa,, corresponding author), Anders Ragnarsson (Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden), Catherine Mathews (0000-0001-5368-1127, Medical Research Council, Cape Town, South Africa), Lisa G Johnston (0000-0002-3828-3638, Tulane University), Anna Mia Ekström (0000-0002-3912-1171, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden), Anna Thorson (0000-0002-8703-6561, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden), Mickey Chopra (0000-0003-4020-2937, United Nations Children's Fund, New York, New York, USA) |
| Year | 2011 |
| Volume | 21 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 41-50 |
| Publication date | 2011-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Qualitative Health Research (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1049-7323 • E-ISSN: 1552-7557 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/1049732310378296 |
| PMID | 20671303 |
| OpenAlex | W2161467817 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 16 |
| References cited | 33 |
In this article we examine the dynamics of social relationships in which alcohol use and risky sexual behaviors cooccur. As part of a larger biological and behavioral HIV surveillance survey, 20 men who lived in an urban, informal settlement on the outskirts of Cape Town, South Africa participated in in-depth interviews. Interview transcripts were analyzed according to a latent content analysis. Findings highlight the latent association between alcohol and transactional sex, and enable an in-depth examination of the normative role that alcohol plays in the formation of casual sexual partnerships characterized by exchange. We build on an existing conceptual model that traces the potential pathways by which alcohol use and transactional sex are linked to sexual risk behaviors. The study findings point to the need for multilevel HIV risk-reduction interventions among men to reduce excessive alcohol use, risky sexual behaviors, and underlying perceptions of ideal masculinity
Casual · Developmental psychology · Environmental health · Normative · Political science · Psychiatry · Psychological intervention · Transactional leadership · Transactional sex · Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health · HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk · Medicine · Psychology · Sex work and related issues · Social Psychology
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| Unique citing works | 16 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2010 - 2024 (15) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 16 |