On sex, violence & being macho in the army: male soldiers and sexual violence

SOURCE: HSRC Review
OUTPUT TYPE: Journal Article
PUBLICATION YEAR: 2011
TITLE AUTHOR(S): N.Mankayi
KEYWORDS: MEN, SEXUAL BEHAVIOUR, SOLDIERS, VIOLENCE
DEPARTMENT: Public Health, Societies and Belonging (HSC)
Web link: http://www.hsrc.ac.za/en/review/March-2011/sex-violence-macho
Intranet: HSRC Library: shelf number 6836
HANDLE: 20.500.11910/3783
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11910/3783

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Abstract

Nyameka Mankayi interviewed 14 male soldiers in the South African National Defence Force between the ages of 23 and 33, looking at how masculinity, sexuality and sexual violence is expressed in a military context. Articles flowing from these qualitative interviews appeared in two journals.