Turning Sex into a Game
Gogodala Men's Response to the Aids Epidemic and Condom Promotion in Rural Papua New Guinea
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7936469 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Charles Wilde (Marymount University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2007 |
| Volume | 77 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 58-71 |
| Publication date | 2007-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Oceania (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0029-8077 • E-ISSN: 1834-4461 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1002/j.1834-4461.2007.tb00005.x |
| OpenAlex | W2059686542 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
| References cited | 17 |
Rugby league is the national sport of Papua New Guinea and the game's huge popularity and international profile has been used in recent condom promotion campaigns in the nation's fight against the HIV/AIDS epidemic. In this paper, I argue that the promotion of condom use through rugby league requires a national campaign strategy that includes understandings of condom use and masculinity at the rural level. I demonstrate this through a study of Gogodala men's understandings of the epidemic and condom use in Western Province. The Gogodala are a Christian‐based society and many blame the national condom promotion strategy for an increase in promiscuity and for ‘turning sex into a game’. Condom availability in this rural area continues to be restricted to a family planning program that promotes Christian values and excludes unmarried men. I explore the male condom dilemma where young men are more concerned with avoiding accusations that their sexual behaviour puts them at risk of contracting HIV despite acknowledging the preventative value of using condoms. In this context young men disassociate themselves from the disease and condom use through a process of calculated risk or risk minimisation
Blame · Condom · Context (archaeology) · Economic growth · Economics · Family medicine · Family planning · Geography · Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) · Masculinity · Political science · Population · Promotion (chess) · Sociology · Syphilis · Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health · Demography · Gender Studies · Medicine · Psychology · Religion, Society, and Development · Sex work and related issues · Social Psychology
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| Unique citing works | 6 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,33 |
| Citation span | 2008 - 2014 (7) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |