Women do not get pregnant alone, but the responsibility for preventing pregnancy lies with the individual and is almost always a function that the woman takes on.

According to a survey conducted by the UN (United Nations), the proportion of women of reproductive age in Brazil using this or that type of contraception reaches 79%, and among men who do something to prevent unwanted pregnancy, it reaches 31%.

This topic is the subject of the Friday (21st) edition of the aDiversa podcast.

Diogo de Souza, Lucina Barros, Bruna Fani and Raquel Aguiar are on Friday’s episode. – Photo: Disclosure/ND

Host Luciana Barros hosts an anthropology professor and doctoral student in the episode. Bruna Fanigynecologist Raquel Aguiar and reporter no data+ Diogo D’Souza.

According to Professor Bruna Fani, historically women were the ones to take care of, and therefore men did not seek advice on preventing pregnancy.

“In the past, women did not have all the human rights that we have today. So, being a woman meant being less human. Therefore, the woman served the heteronormative relationship and served the relationship with the man. The value of a woman was and often remains in relation to her husband, she will only have value in their presence, ”he explains.

The gynecologist explains that contraceptives began to be studied more in the 1950s, when ‘boom’ demographic.

“A lot has changed since then. Knowledge brought women the decision to realize their sexuality and the decision to have children or not.”

Why is there no male pill?

Even after 63 years of making birth control pills for women, a drug that prevents males from having children is still not a reality. For Diogo, the reason has to do with the involvement of a man in fatherhood.

“It is in proportion to the understanding and research that a man’s involvement in fatherhood brings. Research suggests that the involvement of the father in the son’s generation only began to be cast on the show after the 1980s.”

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The Diversa podcast makes room for everyday women’s issues. Episodes feature Lucian Barros and air every Friday at 7am on the Diversa+ page.