"I found myself having slept with him" : vulnerability to HIV and the first sexual encounter as described by six young Basotho women

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dc.contributor.advisorMaw, Anastasiaen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorMokitimi, Serialongen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2015-01-04T14:41:36Z
dc.date.available2015-01-04T14:41:36Z
dc.date.issued2004en_ZA
dc.descriptionBibliography: leaves 82-89.en_ZA
dc.description.abstractThis study is a qualitative exploration of the first sexual experiences of six young Basotho women between the ages of 16 and 24 and how these experiences leave them vulnerable to HIV/AIDS. The six young women were interviewed using a semistructured interview schedule focusing on first sexual experiences and knowledge of HIV/AIDS. The interviews were recorded, transcribed and translated from Sesotho into English. Transcripts were analysed using thematic analysis. The themes which emerged were elucidated by linking the findings to the current literature on the vulnerability of young women to HIV/AIDS infection in sub-Saharan Africa. The dominant themes which emerged were: young women are engaging in sexual activity in early adolescence when issues of identity are still being negotiated, they have had little if any opportunity to discuss sex, love and intimacy and to develop their own thoughts about these issues, almost no guidance is offered by parents, teachers or other adults in these matters, peers and siblings are the main source of information and influenced these young women's attitudes towards sex, there was a high level of pressure and coercion by the young women's partners to have sex, there was a disturbing lack of knowledge of reproductive health and misconceptions about the prevention and spread of sexually transmitted infections and HIV/AIDS.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationMokitimi, S. (2004). <i>"I found myself having slept with him" : vulnerability to HIV and the first sexual encounter as described by six young Basotho women</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Psychology. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/11296en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationMokitimi, Serialong. <i>""I found myself having slept with him" : vulnerability to HIV and the first sexual encounter as described by six young Basotho women."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Psychology, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/11296en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationMokitimi, S. 2004. "I found myself having slept with him" : vulnerability to HIV and the first sexual encounter as described by six young Basotho women. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Mokitimi, Serialong AB - This study is a qualitative exploration of the first sexual experiences of six young Basotho women between the ages of 16 and 24 and how these experiences leave them vulnerable to HIV/AIDS. The six young women were interviewed using a semistructured interview schedule focusing on first sexual experiences and knowledge of HIV/AIDS. The interviews were recorded, transcribed and translated from Sesotho into English. Transcripts were analysed using thematic analysis. The themes which emerged were elucidated by linking the findings to the current literature on the vulnerability of young women to HIV/AIDS infection in sub-Saharan Africa. The dominant themes which emerged were: young women are engaging in sexual activity in early adolescence when issues of identity are still being negotiated, they have had little if any opportunity to discuss sex, love and intimacy and to develop their own thoughts about these issues, almost no guidance is offered by parents, teachers or other adults in these matters, peers and siblings are the main source of information and influenced these young women's attitudes towards sex, there was a high level of pressure and coercion by the young women's partners to have sex, there was a disturbing lack of knowledge of reproductive health and misconceptions about the prevention and spread of sexually transmitted infections and HIV/AIDS. DA - 2004 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2004 T1 - "I found myself having slept with him" : vulnerability to HIV and the first sexual encounter as described by six young Basotho women TI - "I found myself having slept with him" : vulnerability to HIV and the first sexual encounter as described by six young Basotho women UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/11296 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/11296
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationMokitimi S. "I found myself having slept with him" : vulnerability to HIV and the first sexual encounter as described by six young Basotho women. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Psychology, 2004 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/11296en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Psychologyen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Humanitiesen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subject.otherClinical Psychologyen_ZA
dc.title"I found myself having slept with him" : vulnerability to HIV and the first sexual encounter as described by six young Basotho womenen_ZA
dc.typeMaster Thesis
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dc.type.qualificationnameMAen_ZA
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