ArticleSocial science & medicine (1982)2007
Sex, money, and premarital partnerships in southern Malawi.
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65 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Transactional sex and risk for HIV infection in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Journal of the International AIDS Society · 2016Pooled it
- 'It's because I like things… it's a status and he buys me airtime': exploring the role of transactional sex in young women's consumption patterns in rural South Africa (secondary findings from HPTN 068).Reproductive health · 2018Trial
- Factors shaping initial decision-making to self-test amongst cohabiting couples in urban Blantyre, Malawi.AIDS and behavior · 2014Trial
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- Transactional sex and intersecting vulnerabilities: a multicountry cross-sectional study of pregnant and parenting adolescents in sub-Saharan Africa.BMJ public health · 2026Article
- "He'll come with some sugar." A qualitative study exploring the drivers and consequences of schoolgirls transactional sex behaviours.Frontiers in reproductive health · 2024Article
- Development of the Gender Roles and Male Provision Expectations Scale.Archives of sexual behavior · 2023Article
- Individual and Relationship-Level Correlates of Transactional Sex Among Adolescent Girls and Young Women in Malawi: A Multilevel Analysis.AIDS and behavior · 2022Article
- Gifting Relationships and School Dropout in Rural Malawi: Examining Differences by Gender and Poverty Level.Studies in family planning · 2022Article
- Adverse Selection in the Marriage Market: HIV Testing and Marriage in Rural Malawi.The Review of economic studies · 2021Article
- Perceptions of minimum age at marriage laws and their enforcement: qualitative evidence from Malawi.BMC public health · 2021Article
- Bridewealth Marriage in the 21Journal of marriage and the family · 2021Article
- Resource demands reduce partner discrimination in Himba women.Evolutionary human sciences · 2020Article
- Contextual drivers of HIV risk among young African women.Journal of the International AIDS Society · 2019Article
- Improving the Measurement of Transactional Sex in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Critical Review.Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999) · 2019Review
- "Our girls need to see a path to the future" --perspectives on sexual and reproductive health information among adolescent girls, guardians, and initiation counselors in Mulanje district, Malawi.Reproductive health · 2019Article
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- Conceptualizing Childbearing Ambivalence: A Social and Dynamic Perspective.Journal of marriage and the family · 2018Article
- Measuring sexual behaviour in Malawi: a triangulation of three data collection instruments.BMC public health · 2018Article
- The Flexibility of Fertility Preferences in a Context of Uncertainty.Population and development review · 2018Article
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Abstract
In this paper, I argue two main points. First, in premarital, sexual partnerships in rural Malawi, the purpose of money exchange extends beyond the alleviation of female partners' economic constraints, and, second, by clarifying this broader purpose, it becomes possible to recognize where women exert control over their own sexual selves. These findings come from field observations and a rich set of in-depth interviews (N=54), bolstered on occasion by survey data, conducted with young women and men, aged 15-24 years, in the Balaka district in the southern region of the country. This research demonstrates that, contrary to typical expectations, money and gift transfers in sexual partnerships are part and parcel of the courting practices of young Malawian women and men. Transfers are as much about the expression of love and commitment as they are about meeting the financial needs of women or the acquisition of sex for men. Using narrative information to shed light on the semiotics of the sex-money link, these findings from Malawi offer a new perspective that broadens usual interpretations of transactional sex, the understanding of which is critical in fighting AIDS.
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