Men Play, Women Break the Town: Gender and Intergenerational Asymmetry in Sexual and Reproductive Worldview Among the Ga of Ghana

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dc.contributor.authorAtobrah, D.
dc.contributor.authorAwedoba, A.K.
dc.date.accessioned2018-11-29T14:55:38Z
dc.date.available2018-11-29T14:55:38Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.description.abstractA contemporary critique levelled against sexual and reproductive (SR) behavioral studies in Africa is the dominance of Western theories and perspectives, with the main language through which SR categories and concepts are developed and investigated being Western or colonial, which rarely correspond with local and ethnic conceptualizations. In this paper, we conduct an ethnolinguistic analysis of gender and intergenerational constructions of sexual and reproductive behaviors (SRB) among the Ga of Ghana. Ethnographic approaches were used to collect and analyze two data sources from seventy-two respondents; first, a lexicon of common words, phrases, terminologies and coinages on SR activities and relationships. Second, narratives on respondents’ major SR experiences, through a biography of respondents’ body methodological framework. Respondents reflected a high degree of conceptual baggage, underpinned by their own gendered SR experiences, in their selection and interpretation of the terminologies/words. Younger respondents were more likely to use flippant coinages for risky SRB, which resonate with their narratives on their casual and unrestrained SR behaviours. We discuss the SR health threats and opportunities of our findings.en_US
dc.identifier.citationAtobrah, Deborah & K. Awedoba, Albert. (2017). Men Play, Women Break the Town: Gender and Intergenerational Asymmetry in Sexual and Reproductive Worldview Among the Ga of Ghana. Sexuality & Culture. 10.1007/s12119-017-9426-x.en_US
dc.identifier.otherDOI: 10.1007/s12119-017-9426-x
dc.identifier.otherVOL 21(3), 860-881.
dc.identifier.urihttp://ugspace.ug.edu.gh/handle/123456789/26037
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.subjectMenen_US
dc.subjectWomenen_US
dc.subjectGenderen_US
dc.subjectIntergenerational Asymmetryen_US
dc.subjectGaen_US
dc.subjectReproductiveen_US
dc.subjectGhanaen_US
dc.titleMen Play, Women Break the Town: Gender and Intergenerational Asymmetry in Sexual and Reproductive Worldview Among the Ga of Ghanaen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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