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(Birth Control) and Family Planning".
Contraception (birth control)
is a regimen of one or more actions, devices, or medications followed in
order to deliberately prevent or reduce the likelihood of a woman
becoming pregnant or giving birth. Therefore contraception is the
utilization of various and sundry surgical procedures, devices,
practices, agents, or drugs with the intention of preventing conception
or impregnation (pregnancy). Methods and intentions typically termed
birth control may be considered a pivotal ingredient to family
planning. Birth control is a controversial political and ethical
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| A male pill? Gender discrepancies in contraceptive commitment. |
| FEMINISM AND PSYCHOLOGY. 1994;4(3):458-68. |
| The limited number of male contraceptive methods is often assumed to comprise the major obstacle to greater male |
| responsibility for fertility control. To assess male commitment to pregnancy prevention, 83 male and 120 female |
| students at the University of California, Santa Barbara, were questioned about their attitudes toward an oral |
| contraceptive (OC) intended for their gender. The male respondents were presented with a description of a |
| hypothetical male pill as similar to the female pill as possible. 60% of female respondents had taken the pill, and |
| 62% of men had been sexually involved with an OC user. 71% of women, compared to only 20% of men, indicated |
| they were either likely or very likely to take an OC. Men consistently rated a male OC as more against nature, more of |
| a bother, more harmful, and more against their beliefs than a female OC. 50.8% of women, versus 71.6% of males, |
| indicated they had no hesitancy about their sexual partner taking OCs. The variable with the strongest correlation |
| with hesitancy toward partner OC use was, among women, the notion that the pill is too much of a bother, and, |
| among men, concerns the female pill is harmful. Overall, the study findings indicated that even educated, middle- |
| class men are unwilling to assume the risks and inconveniences associated with effective contraception, yet expect |
| their female partners to do so. Thus, the development of more male birth control methods will not be sufficient to |
| increase male involvement in pregnancy prevention given the salience of gender power relationships. (PubHealth.info |
| Document ID: CONT2T 4076-06) |
| PubHealth.info NOTE: The author(s) of this article titled, "A male pill? Gender discrepancies in contraceptive |
| commitment.", is(are) Laird J. The source of this article is "FEMINISM AND PSYCHOLOGY. 1994;4(3):458-68.". This |
| article was published in 1994 in English language(s). (PubHealth.info® Document ID: CONT2T 4076-06. All rights |
| reserved with PubHealth.info) PIN: 9076 |
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