Vln DtCario – Dominant Sexual Power Week 10: Video Coaching
Salepage : Vln DtCario – Dominant Sexual Power Week 10: Video Coaching
Gender power disparities are thought to have a significant influence in the HIV pandemic by reducing women’s power in sexual encounters. We hypothesized that a woman’s lack of sexual power, as measured by a four-point relationship control scale and her experience of forced sex with her most recent partner, would reduce the likelihood of consistent condom use and increase the risk of HIV infection among sexually experienced, 15- to 24-year-old women in South Africa. While limited sexual power was not linked to HIV, it was linked to inconsistent condom use: women with low relationship control were 2.10 times more likely to use condoms inconsistently (95% CI 1.17-3.78), and women who had forced sex were 5.77 times more likely to use condoms inconsistently (95% CI 1.86-17.91). In turn, inconsistent condom usage was found to be substantially related with HIV infection.
