TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2008//
TI  - Gender, Power and Resistance to Change among Two Communities in the Western Cape, South Africa
JO  - Feminism and psychology
A1  - Kalichman, Seth C.
A1  - Kaufman, Michelle R.
A1  - Cloete, Allanise
A1  - Dwadwa-Henda, Nomvo
A1  - Simbayi, Leickness C.
A1  - Strebel, Anna
A1  - Crawford, Mary
A1  - Shefer, Tamara
SP  - 157
EP  - 182
VL  - 18
IS  - 2
N2  - This study investigates how women and men in the Western Cape, South Africa, construct their gender identities and roles. As part of the development of an HIV prevention intervention for men, key informant interviews and focus group discussions were conducted. Several themes regarding the construction of gender were identified. First, participants reported that traditional gender relations of male dominance and female subservience were still in evidence, along with traditional gender roles that mandated a division of labour between the household and paid workforce. Second, participants reported a shift in gender roles and relations in the direction of increased power for women. Last, hostile resistance to changes in gender power relations was evident in the discussions. Redefining masculinity and femininity and shifting gender relations in the direction of 'power with' instead of 'power over' is perhaps a necessary prelude to lasting social change and curbing the HIV epidemic in South Africa.<p /> 
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SN  - 0959-3535
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0959353507088265
ID  - ref1
ER  -