“Sex is sweet”: women from low-income contexts in Uganda talk about sexual desire and pleasure

In many patriarchal societies in Africa, heterosexuality is privileged as the single legitimate form of sexual interaction; other sexualities are marginalised because they are perceived as un-African, abnormal, sinful and are repressed. Female sexuality too is subordinated and controlled with it being reduced to women’s conventional mothering roles that are conflated with their reproductive capacities. However, there is evidence that women in heterosexual relations have the opportunity to assert themselves and to define pleasurable sex.

Source: Reproductive Health Matters - December 11, 2015 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Florence Kyoheirwe Muhanguzi Tags: Feature Source Type: research