SOC366H1 Lecture Notes - Girl Power, Health Promotion, Condom
Document Summary
Young urban women"s patterns of unprotected sex with men engaging in hiv. Patterns of unprotected sex is a usual practice to maintain hope, sensuality, intimacy, strategic gain, and stability with a male partner. Low power sex scripts: the salient risks of hiv were buried under an awareness of oneself as having to satisfy a man and accept cheating. High power sex scripts: involved women"s awareness of themselves as worthy of self care with diverse choices. Women are aware they may be engaging in risk behaviors. Unprotected sex is perceived to promote intimacy, romance, and trust. Most prevalent hiv transmission in women is sex with infected men. Sex scripts: appear to support an implicit understanding that unprotected sex is necessary to begin or maintain a main partner relationship status. Sex scripts provide a repertoire of socially shared meanings about sexual behavior. Simon and gagnon: argue sex scripts are dynamic, changing with social environments.
