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"I Could Have Done Everything and Why Not?": Young Women's Complex Constructions of Sexual Agency in the Context of Sexualities Education in Life Orientation in South African Schools
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Kruger, Lou-Marie; Shefer, Tamara; Oakes, Antoinette – Perspectives in Education, 2015
Progressive policies protecting women's rights to make reproductive decisions and the recent increase in literature exploring female sexual agency do not appear to have impacted on more equitable sexual relations in all contexts. In South Africa, gender power inequalities, intersecting with other forms of inequality in society, pose a challenge…
Descriptors: Gender Issues, Females, Civil Rights, Power Structure
"And I Have Been Told That There Is Nothing Fun about Having Sex While You Are Still in High School": Dominant Discourses on Women's Sexual Practices and Desires in Life Orientation Programmes at School
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Shefer, Tamara; Ngabaza, Sisa – Perspectives in Education, 2015
Young women's sexuality is a contested terrain in multiple ways in contemporary South Africa. A growing body of work in the context of HIV and gender-based violence illustrates how young women find it challenging to negotiate safe and equitable sexual relationships with men, and are often the victims of coercive sex, unwanted early pregnancies and…
Descriptors: Sexuality, Females, Foreign Countries, Social Attitudes