Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) occurs in 5–10% of the population and is twice as common in women as in men. Although trauma exposure is the precipitating event for PTSD …
The concept of hegemonic masculinity has been used in gender studies since the early- 1980s to explain men's power over women. Stressing the legitimating power of consent …
Abstract Domestic violence in South Africa is a consequence of the complex interplay of patriarchy, culture, and the negative masculine construct. The patriarchal cultural beliefs and …
JV Ford, E Corona Vargas, I Finotelli Jr… - … Journal of Sexual …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Much work on sexual health has emphasized adverse outcomes such as sexually transmitted infections/HIV, unintended pregnancy, and sexual violence. Although these …
A Guedes, S Bott, C Garcia-Moreno… - Global health …, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
Background The international community recognises violence against women (VAW) and violence against children (VAC) as global human rights and public health problems …
Rape is common during wartime, but even within the context of the same war, some armed groups perpetrate rape on a massive scale while others never do. In Rape during Civil War …
Background Several highly publicised rapes and murders of young women in India and South Africa have focused international attention on sexual violence. These cases are …
E Fulu, R Jewkes, T Roselli… - The lancet global …, 2013 - thelancet.com
Background Male perpetration of intimate partner violence (IPV) is under-researched. In this Article, we present data for the prevalence of, and factors associated with, male perpetration …
Research suggests that poverty is a key driver of intimate partner violence (IPV), however detailed analysis suggests that this relationship is not clear, either for women's experience …