'She's a slut ... And it's wrong': Youth constructions of taxi queens in the Western Cape

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dc.contributor.authorStrebel, Anna
dc.contributor.authorShefer, Tamara
dc.contributor.authorPotgieter, Cheryl
dc.contributor.authorWagner, Claire
dc.contributor.authorShabalala, Nokuthula
dc.date.accessioned30/06/2017 11:52
dc.date.available30/06/2017 11:52
dc.date.issued2013
dc.description.abstractRecent research on young women�s sexuality highlights the transactional nature of relationships among young people, as well as the increase in intergenerational sexual relationships. These unequal and often coercive sexual practices may increase young women�s vulnerability to unsafe sexual practices. Within this context, while there have been some media reports on the relationship between girls and taxi drivers, there has been little documented research on the phenomenon of �taxi queens�. Therefore, this study aimed to explore the understandings and constructions of taxi queens among local youth. A qualitative study involving 13 focus groups were held with youth in the Cape Town Metropole and the southern Cape region and analysed thematically. In general, there was widespread recognition among participants of transactional relationships between young women and usually older drivers. Taxi queens were strongly stigmatised, but their behaviour was also constructed as normative, especially in poor communities, and reflecting contradictory notions of vulnerability and power. However, taxi drivers were less stigmatised. Such constructions allow for the �othering� of these young women, which may undermine their ability to seek help in negotiating safer sexual relationships. At the same time, their concerns need to be understood within the larger context of challenges facing youth, especially in poor South African communities.en_US
dc.description.accreditationWeb of Science
dc.identifier.citationStrebel, A. Et al. (2013). �She�s a slut � and it�s wrong�: Youth constructions of taxi queens in the Western Cape. South African Journal of Psychology, 43(1) 71�80en_US
dc.identifier.issn0081-2463
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10566/3021
dc.identifier.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0081246312474415
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.privacy.showsubmitterFALSE
dc.publisherSAGE Publicationsen_US
dc.rightsThis is the author-version of the article published online at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0081246312474415
dc.status.ispeerreviewedTRUE
dc.subjectIntergenerational sexen_US
dc.subjectStigmaen_US
dc.subjectTaxi driversen_US
dc.subjectTaxi queensen_US
dc.subjectTransactional sexen_US
dc.subjectVulnerabilityen_US
dc.title'She's a slut ... And it's wrong': Youth constructions of taxi queens in the Western Capeen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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