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More than just talk: The framing of transactional sex and its implications for vulnerability to HIV in Lesotho, Madagascar and South Africa

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dc.contributor.author Stoebenau, K.
dc.contributor.author Nixon, S.A.
dc.contributor.author Rubincam, C.
dc.contributor.author Willan, S.
dc.contributor.author Zembe, Y.Z.N.
dc.contributor.author Tsikoane, T.
dc.contributor.author Tanga, P.T.
dc.contributor.author Bello, H.M.
dc.contributor.author Caceres Palacios, Carlos Fernando
dc.contributor.author Townsend, L.
dc.contributor.author Rakotoarison, P.G.
dc.contributor.author Razafintsalama, V.
dc.date.accessioned 2022-01-18T19:34:36Z
dc.date.available 2022-01-18T19:34:36Z
dc.date.issued 2011
dc.identifier.uri https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12866/11046
dc.description.abstract Background: 'Transactional sex' was regarded by the mid-1990s as an important determinant of HIV transmission, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa. Little attention has been paid to what the terms used to denote transactional sex suggest about how it is understood. This study provides a nuanced set of descriptions of the meaning of transactional sex in three settings. Furthermore, we discuss how discourses around transactional sex suggest linkages to processes of globalization and hold implications for vulnerability to HIV.Methods: The analysis in this article is based on three case studies conducted as part of a multi-country research project that investigated linkages between economic globalization and HIV. In this analysis, we contextualize and contrast the 'talk' about transactional sex through the following research methods in three study sites: descriptions revealed through semi-structured interviews with garment workers in Lesotho; focus groups with young women and men in Antananarivo, Madagascar; and focus groups and in-depth interviews with young women and men in Mbekweni, South Africa.Results: Participants' talk about transactional sex reveals two themes: (1) 'The politics of differentiation' reflects how participants used language to demarcate identities, and distance themselves from contextually-based marginalized identities; and (2) 'Gender, agency and power' describes how participants frame gendered-power within the context of transactional sex practices, and reflects on the limitations to women's power as sexual agents in these exchanges. Talk about transactional sex in our study settings supports the assertion that emerging transactional sexual practices are linked with processes of globalization tied to consumerism.Conclusions: By focusing on 'talk' about transactional sex, we locate definitions of transactional sex, and how terms used to describe transactional sex are morally framed for people within their local context. We take advantage of an opportunity to comparatively explore such talk across three different study sites, and contribute to a better understanding of both emerging sexual practices and their implications for HIV vulnerability. Our work underlines that transactional sex needs to be reflected as it is perceived: something very different from, but of at least equal concern to, formal sex work in the efforts to curb HIV transmission. en_US
dc.language.iso eng
dc.publisher BioMed Central
dc.relation.ispartofseries Globalization and Health
dc.rights info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess
dc.rights.uri https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/deed.es
dc.subject public health en_US
dc.subject sexual behavior en_US
dc.subject sexuality en_US
dc.subject Human immunodeficiency virus infection en_US
dc.subject South Africa en_US
dc.subject vulnerable population en_US
dc.subject qualitative analysis en_US
dc.subject gender en_US
dc.subject Human immunodeficiency virus prevalence en_US
dc.subject Qualitative research en_US
dc.subject health risk en_US
dc.subject semi structured interview en_US
dc.subject Globalization en_US
dc.subject Discourse en_US
dc.subject Hiv risk en_US
dc.subject Hiv vulnerability en_US
dc.subject human immunodeficiency virus en_US
dc.subject Lesotho en_US
dc.subject Madagascar en_US
dc.subject participatory approach en_US
dc.subject self care agency en_US
dc.subject South africa en_US
dc.subject Sub-Saharan Africa en_US
dc.subject textile industry en_US
dc.subject textile worker en_US
dc.subject Transactional sex en_US
dc.subject vulnerability en_US
dc.title More than just talk: The framing of transactional sex and its implications for vulnerability to HIV in Lesotho, Madagascar and South Africa en_US
dc.type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
dc.identifier.doi https://doi.org/10.1186/1744-8603-7-34
dc.subject.ocde https://purl.org/pe-repo/ocde/ford#3.03.05
dc.relation.issn 1744-8603


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