HIV/AIDS & gende: the inadequacy of liberalism’s response
the inadequacy of liberalism’s response
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Abstract
This paper addresses the unfortunate fact that social theory – particularly in the human
sciences – has been ominously reticent in its intellectual input on the social determinants
of HIV in South Africa. A brief overview is provided of the manifestations of HIV/AIDS
as a genderised† variable. This is followed by an application to this context of the basic
feminist theories – what the lessons are that these afford us when combined with the
societal effects of the disease. This is done within the context of South Africa (post1994) as a state with a liberal constitution. The paper points out that there are distinct
limits to how this particular ideology and its feminist variant are able provide a
transformative impetus in our society. It concludes by emphasising the need for social
theory in general and gender theory in particular to embrace ideological eclecticism in
an effort to combat the hugely negative consequences of HIV/AIDS.
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