Open AccessResponsible men, blameworthy women: Black heterosexual men’s discursive constructions of safer sex and masculinity.
Author(s) -
Lisa Bowleg,
Andrea Heckert,
Tia L. Brown,
Jenné S Massie
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
health psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.548
H-Index - 164
eISSN - 1930-7810
pISSN - 0278-6133
DOI - 10.1037/hea0000216
Subject(s) - masculinity , safer , context (archaeology) , focus group , reproductive health , heterosexuality , gender studies , social psychology , psychology , human sexuality , sociology , population , demography , computer security , geography , archaeology , computer science , anthropology
Although Black heterosexual men (BHM) in the United States rank among those most affected by HIV, research about how safer sex messages shape their safer sex behaviors is rare, highlighting the need for innovative qualitative methodologies such as critical discursive psychology (CDP). This CDP study examined how: (a) BHM construct safer sex and masculinity; (b) BHM positioned themselves in relation to conventional masculinity; and (c) discursive context (individual interview vs. focus group) shaped talk about safer sex and masculinity.