Reconceiving the second sex : men, masculinity, and reproduction

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Author:

Inhorn, Marcia C., 1957-

ISBN:

9781845454722

9781845454739

Publication Information:

New York : Berghahn Books, 2009.

Physical Description:

vi, 392 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Series:

Fertility, reproduction and sexuality ; v. 12.

Fertility, reproduction, and sexuality ; v. 12.

Contents:

Chapter 1. The Missing Gamete? Ten Common Mistakes or Lies about Men's Sexual Destiny -- Chapter 2. Killer Sperm: Masculinity and the Essence of Male Hierarchies -- Chapter 3. Gender, Masculinity, and Reproduction: Anthropological Perspectives -- Chapter 4. Men's Influences on Women's Reproductive Health: Medical Anthropological Perspectives -- Chapter 5. Manhood and Meaning in the Marketing of the “Male Pill” -- Chapter 6. Reproductive Paradoxes in Vietnam: Masculinity, Contraception, and Abortion in Vietnam -- Chapter 7. Reproductive Politics in Southwest China: Deconstructing a Minority Male-dominated Perspective on Reproduction -- Chapter 8. The Sex in the Sperm: Male Infertility and its Challenges to Masculinity in an Israeli-Jewish Context -- Chapter 9. “It's a bit unmanly in a way”: Men and Infertility in Denmark -- Chapter 10. Male Genital Cutting: Masculinity, Reproduction, and Male Infertility Surgeries in Egypt and Lebanon -- Chapter 11. "We are pregnant": Israeli Men and the Paradoxes of Sharing -- Chapter 12. Making Room for Daddy: Men's "Belly Talk" in the Contemporary United States -- Chapter 13. Husband-assisted Birth among the Rarڳamuri of Northern Mexico -- Chapter 14. Stories of Fatherhood: Kinship in the Making.

Subject Term:

Men -- Psychology.

Men -- Sexual behavior.

Masculinity.

Human reproduction.

Added Author:

Inhorn, Marcia C., 1957-

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Extensive social science research, particularly by anthropologists, has explored women's reproductive lives, their use of reproductive technologies, and their experiences as mothers and nurturers of children. Meanwhile, few if any volumes have explored men's reproductive concerns or contributions to women's reproductive health: Men are clearly viewed as the "second sex" in reproduction. This volume argues that the marginalization of men is an oversight of considerable proportions. It sheds new light on male reproduction from a cross-cultural, global perspective, focusing not only upon men in Europe and America but also those in the Middle East, Asia, and Latin America. Both heterosexual and homosexual, married and unmarried men are featured in this volume, which assesses concerns ranging from masculinity and sexuality to childbirth and fatherhood.