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Language
English (en)
Date of Award
5-4-2012
Author's Department
International and Area Studies
Degree Name
Bachelor of Arts (A.B.)
Restricted/Unrestricted
Restricted
Abstract
This thesis addresses the adoption of sexual rights by women in Uganda and South Africa. | perform a historical investigation into sexuality and the role of women in controlling their own sexuality, revealing major differentiations upon British involvement. Women lose control of their bodies, while men and states gain more power. Many of these changes are economically based, but Christianity also plays a major role in creating an immorality around sexual liaisons. | also analyze material gathered from interviews with youth in South Africa and Uganda about their perceptions on sexual relationships today. Themes of gendered economic inequity, sexual prowess, material gains, and threatened masculinities become apparent when discussing monogamy, multiple concurrent partners, cross-gencrational relationships, and transactional relationships. The nuances between South Africa and Uganda reveal a more individualized, regular, and poorly ascertained rights discourse in South Africa juxtaposed by a collective movement invoking sexual rights at opportune moments to challenge cultural norms in Uganda. Ultimately this work indicates that before a sexual rights framework is employed a strong consideration of the particular context and the viability of rights discourses in that environment should be assessed. This has implications for public health campaigns that call upon the use of sexual rights in HIV and AIDS prevention campaigns without first considering the context in which those rights will be named.
DOI
https://doi.org/10.7936/6xzr-g809
Mentor
Shanti Parikh
Additional Advisors
Krister Knapp
Recommended Citation
Schroder, Clare, "The Intersection of Sexual Relationships and Sexual Rights: Comparing South Africa and Uganda" (2012). Senior Honors Papers / Undergraduate Theses. 149.
The definitive version is available at https://doi.org/10.7936/6xzr-g809
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