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Type of Publication: | Journal article |
URI (citable link): | http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:352-opus-126464 |
Author: | Beckerleg, Susan |
Year of publication: | 2010 |
Published in: | Journal of Ethnopharmacology ; 132 (2010), 3. - pp. 600-606 |
DOI (citable link): | https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jep.2010.08.057 |
Summary: |
Aim of the study: The study aims to review and analyse the varied East African discourses on the effects of khat use on libido, fertility, transmission of HIV, prostitution and rape.
Materials and methods: The data were gathered between 2004 and 2009 in Kenya and Uganda. Between 2004 and 2005 across Kenya and Uganda a broad survey approach was adopted, involving identification of and travel to production areas, interviews with producers and consumers in rural and urban settings. In addition, a survey of 300 Ugandan consumers was carried out in late 2004. Between 2007 and 2009, an in-depth study of khat production, trade and consumption was conducted in Uganda. This study also employed a mixture of methods, including key informant interviews participant-observation and a questionnaire survey administered to 210 khat consumers. Results: Khat is associated, by consumers and its detractors alike, with changes in libido and sexual performance. Although there is no evidence to support their claims, detractors of khat use argue that khat causes sexual violence, causes women to enter sex work, and that chewing causes the spread of sexually transmitted diseases, including the HIV virus. Conclusions: In East Africa the discourse on khat and sex has led to consumption of the substances being associated by many people with uncontrolled sexual behaviour. There is no evidence that khat use fuels promiscuity, commercial sex, sexually transmitted diseases or rape. The current discourse on khat and sex touches on all these topics. Local religious and political leaders invoke khat use as a cause of what they argue is a breakdown of morals and social order. In Kenya and Uganda it is women khat consumers who are seen as sexually uncontrolled. In Uganda, the argument is extended even to men: with male khat chewers labelled as prone to commit rape. |
Subject (DDC): | 150 Psychology |
Link to License: | In Copyright |
BECKERLEG, Susan, 2010. East African discourses on khat and sex. In: Journal of Ethnopharmacology. 132(3), pp. 600-606. Available under: doi: 10.1016/j.jep.2010.08.057
@article{Beckerleg2010Afric-10713, title={East African discourses on khat and sex}, year={2010}, doi={10.1016/j.jep.2010.08.057}, number={3}, volume={132}, journal={Journal of Ethnopharmacology}, pages={600--606}, author={Beckerleg, Susan} }
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