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The Influence of Gender-related Factors on HIV Prevention among Chinese Women with Disrupted Marital Relationship

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Two-hundred-and-thirty-one Chinese women were individually interviewed on their HIV-prevention behavior and gender-related psychosocial factors. Compared to women with intact marriages, women with marital disruption endorsed more inaccurate information about HIV/AIDS, had less worry about contracting HIV from their husbands, and were less likely to use condoms in current and future sexual activities. Among sexually active Chinese married women, rates of condom use in the past 6 months were 60% for the intact group and 38% for the disrupted group. Factors that discriminated between condom non-users and users among sexually active women in the disrupted group included: conservative gender attitudes toward sexuality and sexual decision-making, negative attitudes toward condom use, and lack of concern about contracting HIV from their husbands.

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Items on Perceived Husband Reaction to Condom Use

Husband becoming violent

丈夫變得暴力

Husband insisting on condomless sexual activities

丈夫堅持不用安全套進行性行為

Husband sulking and stopping sexual activities with me

丈夫停止跟我進行性行為並不再理睬我

Husband turning to other women for condomless sexual activities

丈夫與其他女性不使用安全套進行性行為

Husband suspecting me of sexual infidelity

丈夫懷疑我有婚外性行為

Husband making jokes about using condoms

丈夫取笑用安全套進行性行為

Husband complaining of reduced sexual satisfaction in using condoms

丈夫投訴使用安全套會減低性滿足

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Tang, C.Sk. The Influence of Gender-related Factors on HIV Prevention among Chinese Women with Disrupted Marital Relationship. Sex Roles 59, 119–126 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11199-008-9421-7

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