ArticleCulture, health & sexuality2016
Sexual scripting of heterosexual penile-anal intercourse amongst participants in an HIV prevention trial in South Africa, Uganda and Zimbabwe.
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18 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 24 citations in OpenAlex.
- Reported oral and anal sex among adolescents and adults reporting heterosexual sex in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review.Reproductive health · 2019Pooled it
- Women's sexual scripting in the context of universal access to antiretroviral treatment-findings from the HPTN 071 (PopART) trial in South Africa.BMC women's health · 2021Trial
- Negative rumours about a vaginal ring for HIV-1 prevention in sub-Saharan Africa.Culture, health & sexuality · 2019Trial
- Perceptions and experiences of receptive anal intercourse among women: a systematic review and thematic analysis.BMJ public health · 2026Article
- What do colorectal specialists think about female participation in anal intercourse? An online survey of UK coloproctologists.Techniques in coloproctology · 2025Article
- "Men Rule… this is the Normal Thing. We Normalise it and it's Wrong": Gendered Power in Decision-Making Around Sex and Condom Use in Heterosexual Relationships Amongst Adolescents and Young People in South Africa.AIDS and behavior · 2023Article
- Heterosexual Oral and Anal Sex: Perceptions, Terminologies, and Attitudes of Younger and Older Adults in Ibadan, Nigeria.Archives of sexual behavior · 2023Article
- "These Girls Have a Chance to be the Future Generation of HIV Negative": Experiences of Implementing a PrEP Programme for Adolescent Girls and Young Women in South Africa.AIDS and behavior · 2023Article
- Sexual and Relationship Benefits of a Safer Conception Intervention Among Men with HIV Who Seek to Have Children with Serodifferent Partners in Uganda.AIDS and behavior · 2022Article
- Rumours, myths, and misperceptions as barriers to contraceptive use among adolescent girls and young women in South Africa.Frontiers in reproductive health · 2022Article
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- The Anal Sex Stigma Scales: A New Measure of Sexual Stigma Among Cisgender Men Who have Sex with Men.AIDS and behavior · 2020Article
- Understanding women's motivations to participate in MTN-003/VOICE, a phase 2b HIV prevention trial with low adherence.BMC women's health · 2019Article
- Young Africans' social representations of sexual abuse of power in their HIV-related creative narratives, 2005-2014: cultural scripts and applied possibilities.Culture, health & sexuality · 2019Article
- Mucus and Mucins: do they have a role in the inhibition of the human immunodeficiency virus?Virology journal · 2017Review
- Breakage is the norm: use of condoms and lubrication in anal sex among Black South African men who have sex with men.Culture, health & sexuality · 2017Article
- Achieving the optimal vaginal state: using vaginal products and study gels in Uganda, Zimbabwe, and South Africa.International journal of sexual health : official journal of the World Association for Sexual Health · 2017Article
- The role of the illusion in the construction of erotic desire: narratives from heterosexual men who have occasional sex with transgender women.Culture, health & sexuality · 2016Article
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Abstract
Sexual risk-taking is influenced by individual, interpersonal and social factors. This paper presents findings from a qualitative follow-up study to a clinical trial evaluating biomedical HIV prevention products among African women, explored participants' perceptions and experiences of heterosexual penile-anal intercourse, as well as the gendered power dynamics and relationship contexts in which this sexual behaviour occurs. In-depth interviews were conducted with 88 women from South Africa, Uganda and Zimbabwe. Findings reveal that despite its social stigmatisation, women engage in penile-anal intercourse for reasons including male pleasure, relationship security, hiding infidelity, menstruation, vaginal infections, money and beliefs that it will prevent HIV transmission. In addition, participants described experiences of non-consensual penile-anal intercourse. We used sexual scripting theory as an analytical framework with which to describe the sociocultural and relationship contexts and gendered power dynamics in which these practices occur. These data on the distinct individual, dyadic and social contexts of heterosexual penile-anal intercourse, and the specific factors that may contribute to women's HIV risk, make a unique contribution to our understanding of heterosexual behaviour in these sub-Saharan countries, thereby helping to inform both current and future HIV prevention efforts for women in the region.
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