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| Title |
“Money talks, bullshit walks” interrogating notions of consumption and survival sex among young women engaging in transactional sex in post-apartheid South Africa: a qualitative enquiry
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| Published in |
Globalization and Health, July 2013
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| DOI | 10.1186/1744-8603-9-28 |
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| Authors |
Yanga Z Zembe, Loraine Townsend, Anna Thorson, Anna Mia Ekström |
| Abstract |
Transactional sex is believed to be a significant driver of the HIV epidemic among young women in South Africa. This sexual risk behaviour is commonly associated with age mixing, concurrency and unsafe sex. It is often described as a survival- or consumption-driven behaviour. South Africa's history of political oppression as well as the globalization-related economic policies adopted post-apartheid, are suggested as the underlying contexts within which high risk behaviours occur among Black populations. What remains unclear is how these factors combine to affect the particular ways in which transactional sex is used to negotiate life among young Black women in the country.In this paper we explore the drivers of transactional sex among young women aged 16-24, who reside in a peri-urban community in South Africa. We also interrogate prevailing constructions of the risk behaviour in the context of modernity, widespread availability of commodities, and wealth inequalities in the country. |
X Demographics
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 2 | 29% |
| United States | 2 | 29% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 14% |
| Cabo Verde | 1 | 14% |
| Unknown | 1 | 14% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Scientists | 2 | 29% |
| Members of the public | 2 | 29% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 2 | 29% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 1 | 14% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 213 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | <1% |
| South Africa | 1 | <1% |
| Switzerland | 1 | <1% |
| Egypt | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 209 | 98% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 46 | 22% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 30 | 14% |
| Researcher | 23 | 11% |
| Student > Bachelor | 22 | 10% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 16 | 8% |
| Other | 28 | 13% |
| Unknown | 48 | 23% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 53 | 25% |
| Social Sciences | 40 | 19% |
| Psychology | 22 | 10% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 20 | 9% |
| Arts and Humanities | 6 | 3% |
| Other | 19 | 9% |
| Unknown | 53 | 25% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 5. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 16 November 2020.
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#6,876,021
of 25,374,917 outputs
Outputs from Globalization and Health
#817
of 1,226 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#54,712
of 207,998 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Globalization and Health
#13
of 17 outputs
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So far Altmetric has tracked 1,226 research outputs from this source. They typically receive a lot more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 22.1. This one is in the 32nd percentile – i.e., 32% of its peers scored the same or lower than it.
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