Dangerous girls and cheating boys: Zulu-speaking disabled young peoples' constructs of heterosexual relationships in Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa

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作者
Chappell, Paul [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Johannesburg, Ctr Social Dev Africa, Johannesburg, South Africa
关键词
Disability; young people; sexual relationships; South Africa; MINORITY ADOLESCENTS; SEXUAL RELATIONSHIPS; DISABILITY; WOMEN; HIV; YOUTH; LOVE; HIV/AIDS; IDENTITY; LEARNERS;
D O I
10.1080/13691058.2016.1256433
中图分类号
D669 [社会生活与社会问题]; C913 [社会生活与社会问题];
学科分类号
1204 ;
摘要
Across South Africa there is a growing body of work that explores gender dynamics in heterosexual relationships between young people aged 15-24years. This is mainly influenced by the high prevalence of HIV and the incidence of intimate partner violence in this age group. Most studies to date have been based upon non-disabled young people, with limited focus on young disabled people. In an attempt to address this gap, this paper describes findings from a study conducted with 22 Zulu-speaking young people with visual and physical disabilities in KwaZulu-Natal. Throughout the findings, young disabled participants appeared to downplay their disability with respect to intimate relationships and accentuated the interweaving of complementary and contentious discourses of gender and cultural identity. Taking cognisance of the intersectionality of gender and cultural discourses, the paper extend constructs of disabled sexualities beyond an exclusive gaze on disability in the South African context. ResumeDans toute l'Afrique du Sud, de plus en plus de recherches explorent la dynamique de genre au sein des relations heterosexuelles chez les jeunes ages de 15 a 24 ans. Ce phenomene est principalement influence par la forte prevalence du VIH et l'incidence de la violence exercee par des partenaires intimes dans cette tranche d'age. ce jour, la plupart des etudes ont porte sur des jeunes non handicapes, leur interet pour les jeunes handicapes etant limite. Dans l'intention de combler cette lacune, cet article decrit les resultats d'une etude conduite dans le Kwazulu-Natal avec vingt-deux jeunes zoulouphones atteints de handicaps visuels et physiques. Ces resultats montrent que les jeunes participants handicapes ont donne l'impression de minimiser leur handicap dans le cadre de leurs relations intimes, et ont souligne l'entrecroisement des discours complementaires et controverses en matiere de genre et d'identite culturelle. En prenant en compte l'intersectionnalite du genre et des discours culturels, l'article etend les constructions des sexualites des handicapes au-dela d'un regard exclusif sur le handicap dans le contexte sud-africain. ResumenEn Sudafrica existe un creciente numero de estudios en los que se analizan las dinamicas de los diferentes sexos en cuanto a las relaciones heterosexuales entre jovenes con edades comprendidas entre los 15 y 24 anos. Esto esta condicionado sobre todo por la alta prevalencia del virus del sida y la incidencia de la violencia de pareja en este grupo de edad. Hasta ahora la mayoria de estudios se han centrado en jovenes no discapacitados, prestando poca atencion a los jovenes discapacitados. Con el objetivo de subsanar esta deficiencia, en este articulo se describen los resultados de un estudio llevado a cabo con veintidos jovenes que hablaban la lengua zulu con discapacidades visuales y fisicas en KwaZulu-Natal. En las conclusiones, los jovenes participantes discapacitados parecian restarle importancia a su discapacidad con respecto a las relaciones intimas y acentuaban la interrelacion de los discursos complementarios y controvertidos de genero e identidad cultural. Habida cuenta de la interseccionalidad de los discursos de genero y cultura, este articulo trata sobre las construcciones de las sexualidades de personas discapacitadas mas alla de una perspectiva exclusiva sobre la discapacidad en el contexto de Sudafrica.
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