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An exploratory study investigating the construction of university students’ perceptions of menstruation and the influence menstrual product advertisements in print media
(University of the Western Cape, 2015)
Menstruation is a quintessential phenomenon unique to females which prepares the body for reproductive functioning. Although this phenomenon is a natural biological process of development, social institutions such as ...
Female students’ experiences of power dynamics as reflected in the negotiation of condom use
(2008)
In this study, the two most dominant sexual discourses were the male sexual drive discourse and the have/hold discourse. These discourses, together with traditional gender constructions, made condom negotiation difficult ...
A case study : identity formation in a cross-racial adoptee in South Africa
(University of the Western Cape, 2015)
Due to the history of Apartheid in South Africa, cross-racial adoption is a fairly recent practice which was only legalised when the law was amended in 1991 so that prospective parents were allowed to adopt a child from a ...
Children’s perceptions of the natural environment: creating child and environmentally friendly cities
(2009)
A child friendly city (CFC) is the embodiment of the rights of the child manifested in the policies, programs, and laws of a city. A critical aspect in the creation of a CFC is the consideration of the natural environment ...
Language and identity in young indigenous African language speaking middle class adults who attended ex-model c schools
(University of Western Cape, 2012)
The central aim of this study was to explore the identity formation of black African middle class young adults in the context of their educational and language experiences in ex-model C schools. The study was motivated by ...
Psychology Masters students’ experiences of conducting supervised research in their non-mother-tongue
(University of the Western Cape, 2018)
Completion rates of postgraduate students are relatively low worldwide. Completion rates in South Africa are currently 20% for Masters students and 13% for Doctoral students. Differences between South African universities ...
A narrative of crystal methamphetamine: a case study of a young person's experience of factors that leads to crystal methamphetamine use within a high-risk area in Cape Town
(University of the Western Cape, 2010)
Recent research has indicated a significant increase in the crystal methamphetamine abuse in the Western Cape. The study aimed to provide an understanding of the interaction of the social and historical contexts in relation ...
A fanonian study of the perceptions and experiences of transformation of administrative staff at the University of Cape Town’s health sciences
(2007)
This qualitative study aims to use some of Frantz Fanon’s critical insights to explore how individuals within the Health Sciences Faculty at the UCT experienced change and perceived the transformation process instituted ...
Body Image: Society's Secret Obsession
(University of the Western Cape, 2002)
Women and their bodies are at the very centre of a prevailing cultural obsession regarding strict standards of body weight, shape and image. The pressure to achieve unattainable body-beautiful standards has given rise to ...
Discourses of love and relationship in the construction of a group of heterosexual, white Afrikaner women's sexuality
(University of the Western Cape, 2004)
In South Africa, recent sex research which informs HIV prevention campaigns, has focussed almost exclusively on young people of colour, whilst the sexual experiences of older, white and specifically Afrikaner women have ...