Ndinda C, Uzodike U O, Chimbwete C, Mgeyane M T M
Population Health, Health Systems and Innovation, Human Science Research Council, Pretoria 0001, South Africa.
Int J Family Med. 2011;2011:973706. doi: 10.1155/2011/973706. Epub 2011 Jul 3.
This paper discusses sexual behaviour findings collected through eleven homogenous focus group discussions conducted among women and men in a predominantly Zulu population in rural KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. The objective of this paper is to shed light on sexual behaviour in a rural community. The findings suggest that sex is a taboo subject and the discussion around it is concealed in the use of polite language, euphemisms, and gestures. There are gender and generational dimensions to the discussion of sex. The contribution of this paper lies in the identification of what rural people discuss about sex and the influence of cultural practices and urban or global forces on sexual behaviour in rural areas. The paper adds to the growing body of literature on the use of focus groups in understanding sexual behaviour in rural contexts.
本文讨论了通过在南非夸祖鲁-纳塔尔省农村地区以祖鲁族为主的人群中对男性和女性进行的11次同类焦点小组讨论所收集到的性行为调查结果。本文的目的是揭示一个农村社区的性行为情况。调查结果表明,性是一个禁忌话题,围绕它的讨论通过使用礼貌语言、委婉语和手势来加以掩饰。关于性的讨论存在性别和代际层面的差异。本文的贡献在于确定了农村居民对性的讨论内容,以及文化习俗和城市或全球力量对农村地区性行为的影响。本文为关于在理解农村背景下的性行为时使用焦点小组的文献不断增加做出了贡献。