Mock et al. Sex Discrepancies in Sterilization

Question 1

Contraception

Answer 1

Methods or techniques utilized to prevent pregnancy

Question 2

Sterilization

Answer 2

Surgery that renders one unable to produce offspring.

Question 3

Sex disparity in sterilization

Answer 3

The discrepancy in which women are far more likely (about 3 times more) to undergo sterilization procedures than men, attributable to the burdens of pregnancy and birth experienced by women, beliefs that pregnancy prevention is a woman’s responsibility, a dearth of sex education that results in lack of knowledge and poor understanding of contraception, perceptions of masculinity in which contraception is viewed as feminizing, and the increase in long-term singlehood that shapes the desire of individuals to avoid unwanted pregnancy that may result in single parenting.

Question 4

Tubal Ligation

Answer 4

Occlusion of the fallopian tubes through various methods, including tying or cutting, which prevent ova from entering the uterus, reversal requires major surgery and regained fertility is not guaranteed, more complex and invasive than vasectomy, and greater risk of immediate complications.

Question 5

Vasectomy

Answer 5

Entails the cutting of or other means of obstructing the vas deferens, preventing semen from leaving the testes, nearly 100% effective, usually completed within 30 mins, and reversible through minimally invasive medical intervention.

Question 6

Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization

Answer 6

Supreme Court case which overturned Roe v. Wade (1973) and Planned Parenthood v. Casey (1992), concluding that the Constitution does not protect the right to an abortion.

Question 7

Roe v. Wade

Answer 7

Supreme Court case which overturned Roe v. Wade (1973) and Planned Parenthood v. Casey (1992), concluding that the Constitution does not protect the right to an abortion.

Question 8

Roe v. Wade

Answer 8

Supreme Court case which decided that the right to privacy implied in the 14th Amendment protected abortion as a fundamental right.

Question 9

Informed Consent

Answer 9

Consent granted with full knowledge of the possible risks and benefits.

Question 10

OCPs

Answer 10

Hormonal oral contraceptive pills

Question 11

LARC

Answer 11

Long-acting reversible contraception.
Ex). etonogestrel hormone implants

Question 12

Affordable Care Act

Answer 12

Reform law, enacted in 2010, that increased health insurance coverage for the uninsured and implemented reforms to the health insurance market.

Question 13

Precarious Mahood Theory

Answer 13

Posits that masculinity is a tenuously held identity and threats to it are not taken lightly.

Question 14

Main Point

Answer 14

Federal and state legislative actions may help explain anecdotal evidence that men, especially childless young men, are now seeking vasectomies in increasing numbers. This happens since tubal ligation and vasectomy perhaps are more preferred immediate options for individuals concerned about contraceptive access in the future, as the protection they afford against unwanted pregnancy can be permanent.