Kimport’s research

          While research suggests that men and women equally engage in discussions about contraception and which method to use, Kimport’s research highlights the fact that the actual work of preventing pregnancy in heterosexual relationships, including the mental and emotional work, largely falls on women. Describe at least two examples of the time, attention, and stress that women had to undergo to manage their contraception. What normalization, or management strategies were available to help women do this reproductive labor? In our assigned reading by Mann and colleagues, we learned about LARCs – methods that can potentially minimize women’s labor involved in controlling their fertility. What were women’s motivations for using LARCs? Why did some women opt to stick with oral contraceptives (the pill)?