Fixing men : sex, birth control, and AIDS in Mexico /

Most studies on reproductive rights make women their focus, but this work illuminates what men in the Mexican state of Oaxaca say and do about contraception, sex, and AIDS. It reveals how these men and the women in their lives make decisions about birth control and how they cope with the plague of A...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Gutmann, Matthew C., 1953- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Berkeley : University of California Press, [2007]
Series:ACLS Humanities E-Book.
Subjects:
Men > Sexual behavior > Mexico.
Men > Mexico > Attitudes.
Sex > Mexico > Public opinion.
Men.
Contraception.
Health attitudes.
Sex instruction.
Sexual Behavior
Men
Contraception
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome > prevention & control
Attitude to Health
Sex Education
Sex.
Hommes > Sexualité > Mexique.
Hommes > Mexique > Attitudes.
Sexualité > Mexique > Opinion publique.
Hommes.
Attitudes à l'égard de la santé.
Éducation sexuelle.
men (male humans)
PSYCHOLOGY > Human Sexuality.
SELF-HELP > Sexual Instruction.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
Sex instruction
Health attitudes
Men > Attitudes
Men > Sexual behavior
Public opinion
Sex > Public opinion
Mexico > Public opinion.
Mexico
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Contents; Index; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; 1. Taming Men's Natural Desires in Oaxaca; 2. The Missing Gamete: Eight Common Mistakes about Men's Sexuality; 3. New Labyrinths of Solitude: Lonesome Men and AIDS; 4. Frisky and Risky Men: AIDS Care in Oaxaca; 5. Planning Men Out of Family Planning; 6. Scoring Men: Vasectomies and the Totemic Illusion of Male Sexuality; 7. Traditional Sexual Healing of Men; 8. From Boardrooms to Bedrooms; Notes; Bibliography.

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