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0219/2025 - Contraceptive management from the perspective of young men: (dis)engagements and possibilities
A gestão contraceptiva do ponto de vista de homens jovens: (des)engajamentos e possibilidades

Author:

• Nathália Pacífico de Carvalho - Carvalho, NP - <nathaliapc@ufmg.br>
ORCID: orcid.org/0000-0002-4142-4411

Co-author(s):

• Cristiane da Silva Cabral - Cabral, CS - <cabralcs@usp.br>
ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3025-2404
• Flávia Bulegon Pilecco - Pilecco, FB - <flaviapilecco@yahoo.com.br>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8316-8797


Abstract:

We analyze the engagement of young heterosexual men in contraceptive management based on empirical material from a multicenter socio-anthropological study. We start from an understanding of youth as a social construction, the relational dimension of gender and the dynamics of masculinities in interaction with social markers of difference. This article analyzes the biographies of 14 cisgender male participants from São Paulo (SP) and Conceição do Mato Dentro (MG). They are heterosexual, mostly self-declared black; they were interviewed between 2021 and 2022 about certain events in their affective-sexual trajectories. The relational context proved to be crucial in shaping contraceptive and reproductive behavior. Discussions about female autonomy and co-responsibility for possible contraceptive failures shape different forms of contraceptive engagement in affective-sexual relationships. The representations of young men can contribute to a broader understanding of youth reproductive dynamics, giving rise to possibilities for public intervention (especially in the fields of health and education) and ways of reducing gender inequalities.

Keywords:

Youth; Reproductive Health; Masculinities; Sexuality; Contraception

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Carvalho, NP, Cabral, CS, Pilecco, FB. Contraceptive management from the perspective of young men: (dis)engagements and possibilities. Cien Saude Colet [periódico na internet] (2025/Jun). [Citado em 05/12/2025]. Está disponível em: http://cienciaesaudecoletiva.com.br/en/articles/contraceptive-management-from-the-perspective-of-young-men-disengagements-and-possibilities/19695



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