Contraception and Heterosex

An Intimate Relationship

Datos Bibliográficos

ID19004889
AutoresP Lowe (0000-0001-5933-453X, University of Warwick, autor de correspondencia)
Año2005
Volumen8
Número1
Páginas75-92
Fecha de publicación2005-01-19
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaSexualities (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1363-4607 • E-ISSN: 1461-7382
EditorialSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/1363460705049575
OpenAlexW2147450225
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas19
Referencias citadas15

Whilst the importance of contraception within heterosex has long been accepted, particularly in relation to the prevention of HIV/AIDS, the way in which the use, or non-use, of contraception re/constructs heterosexual encounters themselves has had far less attention. The embodied nature of both the risk of pregnancy, and most contraceptive technologies leads women to assert a right to bodily autonomy. Yet this assertion conflicts with their expectation of equitable coupledom within heterosexuality and their routine consideration of men’s preferences. This article will argue that the use of contraception is an intricate part of heterosexual practices, and shows how normative ideas about heterosexuality leave men as appearing as an absent presence within women’s contraceptive decisions

Assertion · Autonomy · Family planning · Heterosexuality · Human sexuality · Normative · Political science · Population · Research methodology · Sociology · Demography · Gender Studies · Historical Studies on Reproduction, Gender, Health, and Societal Changes · Law · LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy · Psychology · Religion, Gender, and Enlightenment · Social Psychology