Essays about: "blessers"

Found 2 essays containing the word blessers.

  1. 1. The Path to the Soft Life: Exploring the Blesser Phenomenon in South Africa

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Sociologi

    Author : Maya Sofia Höjer; [2023]
    Keywords : Transactional Sexual Relationships; Blesser; Blesse; HIV; South Africa; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : South Africa has one of the highest incidences of HIV in the world and young women are disproportionately affected. Scholars have pointed to the practice of Transactional Sexual Relationships (TSR) as a driving force behind HIV incidences among young women. READ MORE

  3. 2. #Blessed : the blesser phenomenon : transactional sex and intergenerational relationships in urban South Africa

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi; Lunds universitet/LUMID International Master programme in applied International Development and Management

    Author : Joanne Palfreman; [2020]
    Keywords : blessees; blessers; sexual and reproductive health and rights; South Africa; transactional sex; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Relationships between women and typically older men for gifts and money in exchange for sex in South Africa are common, and known as blesser relationships. Their increasing acceptability and accessibility has been linked to negative sexual and reproductive health outcomes among young black African women. READ MORE