Jabulile Mary-Jane Jace Mavuso
Biographic Data
| ID | 2354515 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jabulile Mary-Jane Jace Mavuso |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jabulile Mary-Jane Jace |
| FAMILY NAME | Mavuso |
| SIGNATURE | MAVUSO J M J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Rhodes University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-9147-708X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 26 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 12 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Cisgender men’s narratives about their desires to be pregnant
Pregnancy capacity, and gestational desire are shared by people of different genders and sexes. Yet, gestational embodiment and subjectivity are feminized in the normative cisheteropatriarchal pregnancy imaginary where cisgender non-intersex women are constructed as essentialized pregnant subjects. An important part of this normative pregnancy imaginary is the preclusion of men’s desires to be pregnant, and the medico-socio-cultural construction …
‘Choice’ in women’s abortion decision-making narratives
Liberal abortion legislation emphasises pregnant persons’ autonomous choices in abortion decision-making. Within psychological theories, decision-making is understood as largely individual, rational and cognitive, with various factors affecting women’s1 abortion decision-making. In this study, purposively recruited from three sites in South Africa and three sites in Zimbabwe, 25 and 18 women, respectively, participated in narrative interviews whi…
Repronormativity in cisgender men's reasons why they would not use womb transplant technology to become pregnant
Much reproductive scholarship presumes that cisgender men do not wish to become pregnant. And within scholarly discussions on womb transplant technology in particular, cis men's desires to be pregnant are constructed as ‘insubstantial’, and cis men are positioned as neither desiring nor requiring womb transplant technology. Repronormativity, including the assumption that pregnancy and gestational desire are antithetical to cis masculinity/manhood…
Reproductive governance and the affective economy
The governance of reproductive practices, processes, decision-making, experiences, desires, subjectivities, and bodies has received and continues to receive significant attention in feminist efforts to name and resist reproductive oppression. And over the last 30 years, articles published in Feminism & Psychology have made significant contributions to the visibilisation and critique of this form of oppression. In this Virtual Special Issue on Rep…
Understanding the violation of directive anti-abortion counselling [and cisnormativity]
The Choice on Termination of Pregnancy Act stipulates that abortion counselling should be non-directive (and voluntary) and makes it a criminal offence to obstruct access to legal services. Thus, there is scope for directive abortion counselling, referred to in this article as coercive abortion counselling, to be framed as obstruction to access. Alternatively, coercive abortion counselling may be framed as reproductive violence: as an attempt at …
On reproductive violence
Who decides what is called out as violence? Who determines the forms of violence we are allowed, and permit ourselves, to see?”
Bad choices
Little research tackles healthcare providers' experiences in conducting pre-abortion counselling sessions in circumstances where pregnant persons may request an abortion. We report on a study conducted in South Africa, in which two nurses and two counsellors were asked about how they conduct these counselling sessions. Using a synthetic narrative approach, we present these health workers' micro-narratives about their motivations for providing abo…
Resisting abortion stigma in situ
Abortion providers and pregnant people who undergo abortion potentially face significant stigma. Researchers have started to explore how womxn respond to abortion stigma, usually focusing on individual strategies in managing or reducing stigma effects. Drawing on narrative data from research conducted on womxn's and healthcare providers' experiences of the pre-abortion healthcare encounter in the South African public health sector, we highlight h…
A critical review of sanctioned knowledge production concerning abortion in Africa
Taking a feminist health psychology approach, we conducted a systematic review of published research on abortion featured in PsycINFO over a 7-year period. We analysed the 39 articles included in the review in terms of countries in which the research was conducted, types of research, issues covered, the way the research was framed and main findings. Despite 97 per cent of abortions performed in Africa being classifiable as unsafe, there has been …
Contesting sexual violence policies in higher education
Purpose In April 2016, students at Rhodes University brought the institution to a standstill as they protested the University’s sexual violence policies and procedures, as well as the “rape culture” that pervades social structures. In response, a Sexual Violence Task Team (SVTT) was formed in an open, participatory, and transparent process. Members of the University community were invited to comment on drafts of the SVTT document. The purpose of …
Good Catholics
Reproductive justice in context
The abortion decision-making process is embedded within overlapping power relations. Using a post-colonial feminist framework, we analyse South African and Zimbabwean women’s narratives regarding their abortion decision. As neighbouring countries, South Africa and Zimbabwe provide a useful counterpoint as they have common and differing social histories and very different abortion legislation. In our analysis, we unpick transversal commonalities a…
Reproductive justice in context
The abortion decision-making process is embedded within overlapping power relations. Using a post-colonial feminist framework, we analyse South African and Zimbabwean women’s narratives regarding their abortion decision. As neighbouring countries, South Africa and Zimbabwe provide a useful counterpoint as they have common and differing social histories and very different abortion legislation. In our analysis, we unpick transversal commonalities a…
On reproductive violence
Who decides what is called out as violence? Who determines the forms of violence we are allowed, and permit ourselves, to see?”
Reproductive governance and the affective economy
The governance of reproductive practices, processes, decision-making, experiences, desires, subjectivities, and bodies has received and continues to receive significant attention in feminist efforts to name and resist reproductive oppression. And over the last 30 years, articles published in Feminism & Psychology have made significant contributions to the visibilisation and critique of this form of oppression. In this Virtual Special Issue on Rep…
Bad choices
Little research tackles healthcare providers' experiences in conducting pre-abortion counselling sessions in circumstances where pregnant persons may request an abortion. We report on a study conducted in South Africa, in which two nurses and two counsellors were asked about how they conduct these counselling sessions. Using a synthetic narrative approach, we present these health workers' micro-narratives about their motivations for providing abo…
Contesting sexual violence policies in higher education
Purpose In April 2016, students at Rhodes University brought the institution to a standstill as they protested the University’s sexual violence policies and procedures, as well as the “rape culture” that pervades social structures. In response, a Sexual Violence Task Team (SVTT) was formed in an open, participatory, and transparent process. Members of the University community were invited to comment on drafts of the SVTT document. The purpose of …
Good Catholics
Reproductive justice in context
The abortion decision-making process is embedded within overlapping power relations. Using a post-colonial feminist framework, we analyse South African and Zimbabwean women’s narratives regarding their abortion decision. As neighbouring countries, South Africa and Zimbabwe provide a useful counterpoint as they have common and differing social histories and very different abortion legislation. In our analysis, we unpick transversal commonalities a…
A critical review of sanctioned knowledge production concerning abortion in Africa
Taking a feminist health psychology approach, we conducted a systematic review of published research on abortion featured in PsycINFO over a 7-year period. We analysed the 39 articles included in the review in terms of countries in which the research was conducted, types of research, issues covered, the way the research was framed and main findings. Despite 97 per cent of abortions performed in Africa being classifiable as unsafe, there has been …
Resisting abortion stigma in situ
Abortion providers and pregnant people who undergo abortion potentially face significant stigma. Researchers have started to explore how womxn respond to abortion stigma, usually focusing on individual strategies in managing or reducing stigma effects. Drawing on narrative data from research conducted on womxn's and healthcare providers' experiences of the pre-abortion healthcare encounter in the South African public health sector, we highlight h…
Understanding the violation of directive anti-abortion counselling [and cisnormativity]
The Choice on Termination of Pregnancy Act stipulates that abortion counselling should be non-directive (and voluntary) and makes it a criminal offence to obstruct access to legal services. Thus, there is scope for directive abortion counselling, referred to in this article as coercive abortion counselling, to be framed as obstruction to access. Alternatively, coercive abortion counselling may be framed as reproductive violence: as an attempt at …
On reproductive violence
Who decides what is called out as violence? Who determines the forms of violence we are allowed, and permit ourselves, to see?”
Bad choices
Little research tackles healthcare providers' experiences in conducting pre-abortion counselling sessions in circumstances where pregnant persons may request an abortion. We report on a study conducted in South Africa, in which two nurses and two counsellors were asked about how they conduct these counselling sessions. Using a synthetic narrative approach, we present these health workers' micro-narratives about their motivations for providing abo…
‘Choice’ in women’s abortion decision-making narratives
Liberal abortion legislation emphasises pregnant persons’ autonomous choices in abortion decision-making. Within psychological theories, decision-making is understood as largely individual, rational and cognitive, with various factors affecting women’s1 abortion decision-making. In this study, purposively recruited from three sites in South Africa and three sites in Zimbabwe, 25 and 18 women, respectively, participated in narrative interviews whi…
Repronormativity in cisgender men's reasons why they would not use womb transplant technology to become pregnant
Much reproductive scholarship presumes that cisgender men do not wish to become pregnant. And within scholarly discussions on womb transplant technology in particular, cis men's desires to be pregnant are constructed as ‘insubstantial’, and cis men are positioned as neither desiring nor requiring womb transplant technology. Repronormativity, including the assumption that pregnancy and gestational desire are antithetical to cis masculinity/manhood…
Reproductive governance and the affective economy
The governance of reproductive practices, processes, decision-making, experiences, desires, subjectivities, and bodies has received and continues to receive significant attention in feminist efforts to name and resist reproductive oppression. And over the last 30 years, articles published in Feminism & Psychology have made significant contributions to the visibilisation and critique of this form of oppression. In this Virtual Special Issue on Rep…
Cisgender men’s narratives about their desires to be pregnant
Pregnancy capacity, and gestational desire are shared by people of different genders and sexes. Yet, gestational embodiment and subjectivity are feminized in the normative cisheteropatriarchal pregnancy imaginary where cisgender non-intersex women are constructed as essentialized pregnant subjects. An important part of this normative pregnancy imaginary is the preclusion of men’s desires to be pregnant, and the medico-socio-cultural construction …
Abortion (8 works) · Political science (8 works) · Pregnancy (8 works) · Psychology (8 works) · Sociology (8 works) · Gender Studies (7 works) · Reproductive Health and Contraception (7 works) · Reproductive Health and Technologies (7 works) · Gender Studies (6 works) · Law (6 works)