What Do Young Men Know About Birth Control?

[red-ajah.livejournal.com]

I hope this is ok - I found an interesting article on RH (Reproductive Health) Reality Check which has a video asking men in the DC area what they know about female birth control. The article seeks to highlight some of the flaws in the reproductive health that is taught (and I wholeheartedly agree). The article is here and the video from the article below.

My fav part: With some sexuality education programs still separating classes by gender, limiting conversations about birth control and contraception (and the difference between the two), and with education focusing just on male condom use among men, are we really surprised that pregnancy prevention efforts are not working as well as they could? I’d be interested in knowing if the men interviewed could discuss how to properly use a male condom, demonstrate how to do that, and/or discuss the difference between the male condom and the female condom and how they are used.

Comments

[porcelain-ocean.livejournal.com]

Thank you for sharing this!

This was hilarious in the way the guys were trying so hard not to say "egg", "uterus", "vagina" and the like, but at the same time it's sad to see men who are so uncomfortable with female anatomy. Also, it's sad to see them so uninformed about their partners choices for protection. I always thought birth control was part of the discussion before you had sex and I've always informed them how the pill works if we're going from multiple forms of BC to a single form.

I t really shows just how much men (and I think women) really don't know about the forms of birth control. I'm totally going to ask my boyfriend and his friends if they can describe what these things are, and if they can't they're totally getting a lesson.