title: The association between ethnic identity and sexual coercion among young men in the Eastern Cape Province, South Africa.
abstract: Sexual coercion by males poses important ethical, legal and public health challenges. Individual face-to-face structured interviews were conducted among 1656 men who had undergone male initiation and circumcision in rural areas of the Eastern Cape Province. Overall, 8.4 per cent of the participants reported ever having forced someone to have sex. Logistic regression adjusting for age, working status, education level and nation of origin showed that participants that expressed high cultural affiliation were significantly less likely to sexually coerce someone. The findings suggest that emphasizing cultural commitment may reduce sexual coercion, though findings need to be replicated.
authors.affiliation: Medical Research Council, South Africa. anam.nyembezi@mrc.ac.za
authors.forename: Anam
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Nyembezi
authors.forename: Ken
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Resnicow
authors.forename: Shegs
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: James
authors.forename: Itumeleng
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Funani
authors.forename: Sibusiso
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sifunda
authors.forename: Robert A C
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Ruiter
authors.forename: Bart
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: van den Borne
authors.forename: Kathy
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sanders-Phillips
authors.forename: Priscilla
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Reddy
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D003068:Coercion; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D003466:Cultural Characteristics; D004291:Dominance-Subordination; D006801:Humans; D016015:Logistic Models; D008297:Male; D012424:Rural Population; D012725:Sexual Behavior / Q000208:ethnology*; D012933:Social Identification; D013019:South Africa / Q000208:ethnology; D055815:Young Adult