Hybrid Masculinity and Young Men's Circumscribed Engagement in Contraceptive Management

Gender & Society : Official Publication of Sociologists for Women in Society
Ann M Fefferman, Ushma D Upadhyay

Abstract

This research explores how gender shapes contraceptive management through in-depth interviews with 40 men and women of color ages 15 to 24, a life stage when the risk of unintended pregnancy is high in the United States. Although past research focuses on men's contraception-avoidant behaviors, little sociological work has explored ways men engage in contraception outside of condoms, such as contraceptive pills. Research often highlights how women manage these methods alone. Our research identifies how young men of color do help manage these methods through their engagement in contraceptive decision-making and use. Men accomplish this without limiting their partners' ability to prevent pregnancy. This is despite structural barriers such as poverty and gang-related violence that disproportionately affect low-income young men of color and often shape their reproductive goals. However, men's engagement is still circumscribed so that women take on a disproportionate burden of pregnancy prevention, reifying gender boundaries. We identify this as a form of hybrid masculinity, because men's behaviors are seemingly egalitarian but also sustain women's individualized risk of unintended pregnancy. This research points to the complexity of...Continue Reading

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Aug 27, 2019·Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health·Anthony D CampbellKari White
Jul 22, 2020·The Journal of Adolescent Health : Official Publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine·Ushma D UpadhyayShari L Dworkin
Feb 17, 2021·Reproductive Health·Raquel Zanatta CoutinhoLetícia Junqueira Marteleto

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