0219/2025 - A gestão contraceptiva do ponto de vista de homens jovens: (des)engajamentos e possibilidades Contraceptive management from the perspective of young men: (dis)engagements and possibilities
Analisamos o engajamento de homens jovens heterossexuais na gestão contraceptiva a partir de material empírico de uma pesquisa socioantropológica multicêntrica. Partimos da compreensão das juventudes como construção social, da dimensão relacional do gênero e das dinâmicas das masculinidades em interação com os marcadores sociais da diferença. Este artigo analisa as biografias de 14 participantes homens cisgêneros, moradores de São Paulo (SP) e Conceição do Mato Dentro (MG). Eles são heterossexuais, majoritariamente autodeclarados negros; foram entrevistados entre 2021 e 2022 sobre determinados eventos de suas trajetórias afetivo-sexuais. O contexto relacional mostrou-se crucial para a conformação dos comportamentos contraceptivos e reprodutivos. Discussões sobre a autonomia feminina e a corresponsabilização frente às eventuais falhas contraceptivas configuram diferentes formas de engajamento contraceptivo nos relacionamentos afetivo-sexuais. As representações de homens jovens podem contribuir para a compreensão ampliada das dinâmicas reprodutivas juvenis, suscitando possibilidades de intervenção pública (sobretudo nos campos da saúde e da educação) e caminhos para a redução das desigualdades de gênero.
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.
Contraceptive management from the perspective of young men: (dis)engagements and possibilities
Resumo (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.
Carvalho, NP, Cabral, CS, Pilecco, FB. A gestão contraceptiva do ponto de vista de homens jovens: (des)engajamentos e possibilidades. Cien Saude Colet [periódico na internet] (2025/jun). [Citado em 05/12/2025].
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