Faithfulness without sexual exclusivity: gendered interpretations of faithfulness in rural south-western Uganda, and implications for HIV prevention programmes

IF 1.1 3区社会学 Q3 FAMILY STUDIES

Families Relationships and Societies Pub Date : 2022-04-25 DOI:10.1332/204674321x16472586103422

Dominic Bukenya,Billy N. Mayanja,Elizabeth A. Sully,Janet Seeley

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Abstract

This article explores gendered meanings of both faithfulness and sexual exclusivity within intimate long-term relationships, and the implications for HIV prevention messaging. In 2011–12, in-depth interviews were conducted with a random sample of 50 men and women (52 per cent women) in long-term relationships in rural Uganda. Confirming prior research, we found that a double standard exists for sexual exclusivity, where men define faithfulness to mean strict sexual exclusivity by their wife, but women defined it as being for both partners. However, both men and women defined fidelity to imply continued support. Fidelity was perceived to be intact if a man continued to provide material support, despite not being sexually exclusive. These findings highlight the limitations of HIV prevention strategies that emphasise faithfulness, where faithfulness is not synonymous with sexual exclusivity.

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没有性排他性的忠诚:乌干达西南部农村对忠诚的性别解释，以及对艾滋病毒预防规划的影响

本文探讨了在亲密的长期关系中忠诚和性排他性的性别含义，以及对艾滋病毒预防信息的影响。2011 - 2012年，对乌干达农村长期恋爱关系中的50名男性和女性(52%为女性)随机抽样进行了深入访谈。证实先前的研究，我们发现对性的排他性存在双重标准，男人将忠诚定义为妻子严格的性排他性，而女人则将其定义为双方的忠诚。然而，男人和女人都认为忠诚意味着持续的支持。忠诚被认为是完整的，如果一个男人继续提供物质支持，尽管不是性排斥。这些发现突出了强调忠诚的艾滋病毒预防策略的局限性，忠诚并不等同于性排他性。

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Families Relationships and Societies FAMILY STUDIES-

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2.10

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14.30%

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期刊介绍： Families, Relationships and Societies (FRS) is a vibrant social science journal advancing scholarship and debates in the field of families and relationships. It explores family life, relationships and generational issues across the life course. Bringing together a range of social science perspectives, with a strong policy and practice focus, it is also strongly informed by sociological theory and the latest methodological approaches. The title ''Families, Relationships and Societies'' encompasses the fluidity, complexity and diversity of contemporary social and personal relationships and their need to be understood in the context of different societies and cultures. International and comprehensive in scope, FRS covers a range of theoretical, methodological and substantive issues, from large scale trends, processes of social change and social inequality to the intricacies of family practices. It welcomes scholarship based on theoretical, qualitative or quantitative analysis. High quality research and scholarship is accepted across a wide range of issues. Examples include family policy, changing relationships between personal life, work and employment, shifting meanings of parenting, issues of care and intimacy, the emergence of digital friendship, shifts in transnational sexual relationships, effects of globalising and individualising forces and the expansion of alternative ways of doing family. Encouraging methodological innovation, and seeking to present work on all stages of the life course, the journal welcomes explorations of relationships and families in all their different guises and across different societies.