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A presentation made at the March 2005 Understanding Human Sexuality Seminar.
In this paper, I will discuss issues of sexuality as related to ageing, menopause, the body, and power and gender inequity in order to explore the ways in which they shape older womens experiences of sexuality in a South African context. The paper is based on qualitative research conducted in the Psychology Department at the University of Cape Town for a Masters degree in research psychology (Orner, 1996). At the time of conducting this research (1995/96), there was a conspicuous lack of literature and research on issues of ageing, menopause and older womens sexuality in South Africa. Unfortunately, to date this appears not to have changed and the issues raised then are still highly
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My main aim in conducting this research was to discover the meanings of ageing and menopause for black and white working-class women in South Africa. I also aimed to develop a more coherent theoretical approach to understanding menopause by exploring alternative models to the biomedical framework models that may more accurately reflect womens lived experiences of menopause. This
entailed exploration of the ways in which gender relations and dominant theories on womens bodies informed experiences of ageing and menopause. |
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Keywords: Understanding Human Sexuality Seminar Series. |
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