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'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
(University of the Free State, 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 ...
Life Orientation sexuality education in South Africa: Gendered norms, justice and transformation
(University of the Free State, 2015)
Research on sexual practices among young South Africans has proliferated in light of
the national imperatives to challenge the spread of HIV/AIDS, gender-based violence
and unwanted early pregnancies. It has been widely ...
'... a huge monster that should be feared and not done': Lessons learned in sexuality education classes in South Africa
(UNISA, 2015)
Research has foregrounded the way in which heterosexual practices for many young people are not
infrequently bound up with violence and unequal transactional power relations. The Life Orientation
sexuality education ...
‘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
(University of the Free State, 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 ...