Sons and Fathers/Boys to Men in the Time of Aids
Learning Masculinity in Zambia
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4604450 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Anthony Simpson (a University of Manchester, Social Anthropology , Manchester , M13 9PL , UK E-mail, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2005 |
| Volume | 31 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 569-586 |
| Publication date | 2005-11-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Southern African Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0305-7070 • E-ISSN: 1465-3893 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/03057070500202873 |
| OpenAlex | W2171786708 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 25 |
The spread of the HIV/AIDS pandemic in Africa is driven, at least in part, by particular expressions of heterosexual masculinities, especially those that entail aggressive sexuality. More needs to be known about how boys come to construct, experience and define themselves as men and about how hegemonic constructions are, and might be, contested. The recognition that masculinities are historically, socially and economically constructed, and that gender is a process, offers the potential for change. Many studies have described women's vulnerability to HIV along a number of dimensions, among them biological, economic, social and cultural. What is perhaps less self-evident in view of the real power exercised by many men in everyday life in Zambia and elsewhere is the vulnerability of men because of the demands made upon them by particular constructions of masculinity. This article draws upon life-histories collected from a cohort of men educated at a Zambian Catholic mission to explore their recollections of how they learnt to be men and their discovery of themselves as engendered sexual beings. The roots of many understandings of masculinity are to be found in domestic and extra-domestic worlds where boys observed the ways in which men took precedence and exercised power over women and children. The particular contributions of the father and the male peer group to the development of masculine identities are the focus of this discussion
Hegemonic masculinity · Hegemony · Human sexuality · Masculinity · Political science · Politics · Social constructionism · Social science · Sociology · Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health · Gender Roles and Identity Studies · Gender Studies · Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare · Psychology
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Gender-based violence and HIV
Catholic and Non-Catholic NGOs Fighting HIV/Aids in Sub-Saharan Africa
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The heart of the city
Gender and Access to Antiretroviral Treatment in South Africa
In the eyes of a child, a father is everything”
South African women's conceptualisations of and responses to sexual coercion in relation to hegemonic masculinities
Combining photo-elicitation and discourse analysis to examine adolescents’ sexuality in rural Zambia
Impact of a Gender-Transformative HIV and Antiviolence Program on Gender Ideologies and Masculinities in Two Rural, South African Communities
Theorizing Black (African) Transnational Masculinities
The Use of Sexual History Narratives to Assess Processes of Hegemonic Masculinity among South African Men in the Context of HIV/Aids
Sex differentials in the uptake of antiretroviral treatment in Zambia
Learning Sex and Gender in Zambia
Cambodian boys’ transitions into young adulthood
Tanzanian Adolescent Boys’ Transitions Through Puberty
Bend a Fish When the Fish Is Not Yet Dry”
How might we understand men's health better? Integrating explanations from critical studies on men and inequalities in health
You are not yourself
Penser les masculinités en Afrique et au-delà
The Decline of the Male Breadwinner and Persistence of the Female Carer
Schooling in the Shadow of Death
Blaming the father
| Unique citing works | 25 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,32 |
| Citation span | 2007 - 2023 (17) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 24 |