Men's talk about "women's matters" - Gender, communication, and contraception in urban Mozambique
Men's talk about "women's matters" - Gender, communication, and contraception in urban Mozambique
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DOI：
10.1177/08912430222104903
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发表时间：
2002-04-01
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影响因子：
5.5
通讯作者：
Agadjanian, V
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作者：
Agadjanian, V
男子在生殖和避孕变化中的地位以及非正式社会互动在这些过程中的作用已成为最近关于撒哈拉以南非洲和其他发展中区域生育率变化的研究的中心主题。然而，这两个主题在文献中被分开处理，本研究通过性别透镜审查男子在计划生育问题上的非正式沟通，将这两个主题联系起来。根据在莫桑比克大马普托地区收集的定性数据进行的分析表明，虽然男子在这些问题上的沟通与妇女的沟通相比有限，但它在男子生殖和避孕态度和偏好的形成方面发挥了重要作用。性别意识形态作为男性交流圈和在这些交流圈中传播的信息的一个强有力的屏障而出现。作者认为，同伴交往中的性别障碍影响了个体对生育和避孕问题的看法及其相应的偏好和决定。
The place of men in reproductive and contraceptive changes and the role of informal social interaction in these processes have become central themes in recent research on fertility change in sub-Saharan Africa and other developing regions. These two themes, however, have been treated separately in the literature, and this study bridges them by examining men's informal communication on family planning matters through a gender lens. This analysis, based on qualitative data collected in Greater Maputo, Mozambique, indicates that although men's communication on these matters is limited in comparison to women's communication, it nonetheless plays an important role in the formation of men's reproductive and contraceptive attitudes and preferences. Gender ideology emerges as a powerful delimiter of men's communication circles and of the information transmitted in those circles. The author argues that gender barriers in peer communication affect individuals perceptions of reproductive and contraceptive matters and their corresponding preferences and decisions.