I am circumcised so HIV/AIDS can't touch me!? Young Black African University Men and Narratives of Masculinity

M. Naidu, S. Khumalo
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Male circumcision, or removal of the foreskin, is a rite of passage in many communities, and one that is entangled and steeped in tradition and culturally (constructed) normatives and deeply embedded expectations. Male medical circumcision is a much more recently initiated medical procedure that is promoted in sub-Saharan Africa as part of the arsenal of HIV / AIDS preventative strategies meant to aid in combating the rampant spread of the pandemic. Many scholars point to the Higher Education context as (already) being a space for experimental and risky sexual behaviours. Male university students in turn comprise an important communitt; in interventions against HIV /AIDS and medical male circumcision is seen as one such intervention. This study proceeds through the lens of social constructionism and the qualitative narratives shared by young Black African (circumcised) university students, to shed light on male students' understanding of the 'benefits' of medical male circumcision or MMC. The findings reveal that while some students see the benefits of medical circumcision in the context of reducing susceptibility to sexually transmitted diseases and HIV I AIDS, other students believe that they are rendered insusceptible and 'immune' and cannot contract the disease due to being medically circumcised, additionally compounding and placing the male students and their partners at serious risk. The study shows how densely knitted constructions of African masculinity and manhood circulating within the campus may potentially retard the health benefit effects of medical circumcision by throwing light on male students' sexual practices at the University ofKwaZulu-Natal.
我做了包皮环切手术,所以艾滋病毒/艾滋病不会感染我!非洲黑人青年大学生与男子气概叙事
在许多社区,男性包皮环切是一种成人仪式,它与传统、文化(建构)规范和根深蒂固的期望纠缠在一起。男性包皮环切术是最近才开始的一项医疗程序,在撒哈拉以南非洲推广,作为艾滋病毒/艾滋病预防战略的一部分,旨在帮助遏制这一流行病的猖獗蔓延。许多学者指出,高等教育环境(已经)成为实验性和风险性行为的温床。男大学生又构成了一个重要的群体;在防治艾滋病毒/艾滋病的干预措施中,男性包皮环切术被视为一种此类干预措施。本研究通过社会建构主义和年轻非洲黑人(包皮环切)大学生分享的定性叙述进行,以阐明男性学生对医学男性包皮环切或MMC的“好处”的理解。调查结果显示,虽然一些学生认为医学包皮环切术在减少对性传播疾病和艾滋病毒/艾滋病的易感性方面有好处,但其他学生认为,由于医学包皮环切术,他们变得不易感染和"免疫",无法感染这种疾病,这进一步加剧了男性学生及其伴侣面临的严重风险。这项研究揭示了夸祖鲁-纳塔尔省大学男学生的性行为,表明非洲男性气概和男子气概在校园内的密集结构可能会潜在地阻碍割礼对健康的好处。
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