Guatemala has one of the
world's highest teenage pregnancy rates and 92% of young people report not
using contraception for first sex.
We conducted narrative-based thematic
analysis of a sample of narratives (n = 40; 15 male-authored, 25
female-authored) on HIV and sexuality, submitted to a 2013 scriptwriting competition
by young people aged 15-19 years from Guatemala's Western Highlands. Our
objective was to identify dominant cultural scripts and narratives that
deviated positively from that norm with a view to informing the development of
educational curricula and communication materials promoting youth sexual and
reproductive health.
The narratives are characterised by romantic themes and
melodramatic plotlines: three in four had tragic endings. Rigid gender norms
and ideologies of enduring love make female characters blind to the potential
consequences of unprotected sex and vulnerable to betrayal and abandonment.
Unprotected sex is the norm, with contraception and sexually transmitted
infection protection mentioned rarely. In the four positively deviant narratives,
female and male characters' interaction is based on mutual respect, dialogue
and genuine affection.
The narratives reveal opportunities for action to
increase sexual health knowledge and access to services and to challenge
harmful cultural scripts, potentially by leveraging the positive value attached
to romantic love by authors of both sexes.
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By: Singleton R1, Schroffel H1, Findlay T1, Winskell K1.
- 1 Hubert Department of Global Health , Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University , Atlanta, GA , USA.
- Cult Health Sex. 2016 Mar 17:1-15.
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