''If they rape me, I can't blame them": reflections on gender in the social context of child rape in South Africa and Namibia.

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Published in Soc Sci Med on October 01, 2005

Authors

Rachel Jewkes1, Loveday Penn-Kekana, Hetty Rose-Junius

Author Affiliations

1: Gender and Health Group, Medical Research Council, Private Bag X385, Pretoria 0001, South Africa. rjewkes@mrc.ac.za

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