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“A Guy ‘Does’ and You Don’t, They Do You Insteadâ€: Young People’s Narratives of Gender and Sexuality in a Low-Income Context of South Africa

Lauren Graham and Memory Mphaphuli

SAGE Open, 2018, vol. 8, issue 4, 2158244018819041

Abstract: The intensive research focus on young people’s sexuality in relation to risk means that young people’s sexuality is often pathologized. We thus miss out on the day-to-day lived realities of how young people negotiate gender identity as well as sexuality in complex, nuanced, but normal ways. This article contributes to an emerging body of research that highlights how young people negotiate gender identity and sexuality in their day-to-day lives, by focusing on the narratives of young persons engaged in heteronormative relationships in a resource constrained setting in South Africa. We offer insights into dominant, but also alternative discourses of gender and sexuality that are not highlighted in the literature in this field. Furthermore, we offer new empirical insights into how socioeconomic status shapes their gender identity, beliefs about sex and their sexual practices, contributing to a small but emerging field of research engaging with the intersection of gender, sex, and socioeconomic status.

Keywords: feminities; masculinities; sex and gender; sociology; social sciences; intimacy; youth; sex and gender; sociology; social sciences; socioeconomic status (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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DOI: 10.1177/2158244018819041

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