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Three Stories of HIV Risk Three Stories of HIV Risk
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Society is to Blame: The Official Narrative of Risk Society is to Blame: The Official Narrative of Risk
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“They” are to Blame: The Prevention Industry Narrative of Risk “They” are to Blame: The Prevention Industry Narrative of Risk
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No One is to Blame: The Everyday Narrative of Risk No One is to Blame: The Everyday Narrative of Risk
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Sexual Essentialism and Heterosexuality: Conceptualizations of Sex in the Risk Narratives Sexual Essentialism and Heterosexuality: Conceptualizations of Sex in the Risk Narratives
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Time and Place: Defining Bad Sex in the Risk Narratives Time and Place: Defining Bad Sex in the Risk Narratives
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Traditional Sexual Relationships: Time and Place in the Industry Narrative of Risk Traditional Sexual Relationships: Time and Place in the Industry Narrative of Risk
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Sex for the Wrong Reasons: Transcending Time and Place in the Official Narrative of Risk Sex for the Wrong Reasons: Transcending Time and Place in the Official Narrative of Risk
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Changing Times: Time and Place in the Everyday Narrative of Risk Changing Times: Time and Place in the Everyday Narrative of Risk
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Villains and Victims: The Gendered Protagonists of the Risk Narratives Villains and Victims: The Gendered Protagonists of the Risk Narratives
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Victims, Vectors, and Temptresses: Three Constructs of Women’s Sexuality Victims, Vectors, and Temptresses: Three Constructs of Women’s Sexuality
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Sexual Victims and Vectors of Disease: Women’s Sexuality in the Policy Narratives Sexual Victims and Vectors of Disease: Women’s Sexuality in the Policy Narratives
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Dangerous Temptresses: Women’s Sexuality in the Everyday Narrative of Risk Dangerous Temptresses: Women’s Sexuality in the Everyday Narrative of Risk
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Exploitive Brutes or Slaves to Nature: Men’s Sexuality in the Risk Narratives Exploitive Brutes or Slaves to Nature: Men’s Sexuality in the Risk Narratives
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Men will be Men: Men’s Sexuality in the Everyday Narrative of Risk Men will be Men: Men’s Sexuality in the Everyday Narrative of Risk
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Natural Brutes: Men’s Sexuality in the Policy Narratives of Risk Natural Brutes: Men’s Sexuality in the Policy Narratives of Risk
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Explaining HIV Risk: Discussion and Implications Explaining HIV Risk: Discussion and Implications
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2 Embodied Risk: Gender, Modernity, and Tradition
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Published:August 2016
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Abstract
Embodied Risk. Gender, Modernity, and Tradition introduces the risk narratives conveyed in official U.S. policy, as well as in prevention industry and everyday discourses in Malawi. These narratives delineate the unsafe and unhealthy side of the “imaginary line” of the sexual hierarchy by defining “bad sex,” describing the factors that facilitate the transmission of HIV, and identifying the central actors in the epidemic, including villains who spread HIV and their victims. An integrated analysis shows that the three risk narratives rest on similar logics of a modern/traditional divide, and what is understood to be oppositional and inherently gendered sexualities. Yet, these shared logical roots diverge when the source of risk is identified. The policy narratives locate risk in functional relationships, exemplified by traditional villagers, while the everyday narrative locates risk in “changing times.” These distinctions, however, expose at least two different kinds of disconnects that undermine the potential effectiveness of prevention efforts.
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