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

[http://users.livejournal.com/prettyhowtown_/]

Lol.

But really, that's kind of sad. I've tried to explain to my husband what the various types of birth control do to prevent pregnancy. I'm really not sure if he remembers the name of my current BC or its mechanism...

[isee23s.livejournal.com]

These men seem to know a lot more than even the girls I grew up with (at least until we got to college). We felt like the pill/patch/etc. worked somehow, but we weren't sure how. I see a lot of posts on VP from people who don't know, either. Regardless of gender, an alarming number of people don't know this stuff, including many of the people who use these birth control methods and rely on them on a regular basis.

[yvettel.livejournal.com]

Frightening. And now, I am going to try not to humiliate all the BFs friends because I am going to ask them the same damned things.

I find it amazing the numbers of men and women that have no idea how or why birth control works.

And for the guys in the video.. its a VAGINA! not "lady business" or any other term you used incorrectly.

[miss-almost.livejournal.com]

i love how without seinfeld these men would know even less about various forms of birth control. too bad they didnt ask about the sponge...maybe that seinfeld episode would have stuck.

[randomtrend.livejournal.com]

The one guy cracks me up how he keeps saying "chemicals" in birth control pills.

Thanks for sharing this video.

[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.

[fremen-dancer.livejournal.com]

Ha. I go to that diner all the time.

[norainonsunday.livejournal.com]

Wow, that was crazy. I was particularly struck by the one guy first saying that the "most common" form of birth control is the morning after pill. Also that one guy's assumption that the Nuvaring was a "low cost" alternative and safer. I was pretty amused at that one guy saying "lady business" though.

[ktnzgtklws.livejournal.com]

*head desk* *head desk* *head desk*

[frolicnaked.livejournal.com]

Since this is an image, would you mind putting it under an LJ-cut? Some folks may have slower connections, which may mean this page (and/or the VP main page and/or their friends pages) take(s) longer to load for them. :)

[swiggett.livejournal.com]

What I found the most frustrating was the fact the most of the men thought the morning after pill actually killed a fertilized egg, instead of just dosing the woman with extra HBC hormones to prevent pregnancy.