'Boys mostly just want to have sex': young Indigenous people talk about relationships and sexual intimacy in remote, rural and regional Australia

Title: 'Boys mostly just want to have sex': young Indigenous people talk about relationships and sexual intimacy in remote, rural and regional Australia
Creator: Senior, Kate; Chenhall, Richard; Helmer, Janet
Relation: Sexualities Vol. 23, Issue 8, p. 1457-1479
Publisher Link: http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1363460720902018
Publisher: Sage
Resource Type: journal article
Date: 2020
Description: This article seeks to understand Indigenous Australian young people's relationships and their experiences of sexual intimacy. A cohort of Indigenous 16-25-year-olds from urban, rural and remote communities were invited to participate in a collaborative method involving scenario-based body mapping. In these activities, young people discussed the range and complexity of their relationships and how constructions and interpretations of relationships contribute to both positive and negative experiences. These rich understandings provide important insights into adolescent sexuality as 'multidimensional, socially constructed and negotiated'. However, they also point to the continued gendered power inequalities that subordinate young women's lives to the desires and control of young men.
Subject: adolescent health; Indigenous Australian; love; relationships; sexuality; Sustainable Development Goals; SDG 7
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1423279
Identifier: uon:37911
Identifier: ISSN:1363-4607
Language: eng
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