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The study investigates how the sexualities of Black rural women in post-apartheid South Africa are influenced by historical and ongoing power dynamics.

July 26, 2026SexesOpen Access

Voyeurisms and Destructions: Women’s Imagination of Gender and Sexuality in Pre-Democratic and Democratic South Africa

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TCTinyiko ChaukeUniversity of Pretoria

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This article explores how Black rural women's sexualities are shaped by historical legacies and ongoing constraints in South Africa, highlighting implications for autonomy.

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The study investigates how the sexualities of Black rural women in post-apartheid South Africa are influenced by historical and ongoing power dynamics.
Conducted an intergenerational focus group discussion with 20 women from Mpumalanga.
Utilized narrative inquiry to gather and analyze women's narratives.
Engaged with decolonial, African feminist, and Black feminist frameworks.
Found that colonial and apartheid legacies deeply affect women's bodily autonomy and intimate lives.
Demonstrated that existing gender and sexual rights haven't dismantled ongoing racialized and heteropatriarchal norms.
Highlighted the invisibility of queer and non-normative intimacies in dominant cultural narratives.

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Tinyiko Chauke (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a65a7b4d3aea3239cd78569 https://doi.org/10.3390/sexes7030037

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This article explores how Black rural women's sexualities are shaped by historical legacies and ongoing constraints in South Africa, highlighting implications for autonomy.

Voyeurisms and Destructions: Women’s Imagination of Gender and Sexuality in Pre-Democratic and Democratic South Africa

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Voyeurisms and Destructions: Women’s Imagination of Gender and Sexuality in Pre-Democratic and Democratic South Africa

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