Pills, Power and Performativity: Negotiating Masculinity in the Emergence of Male Contraceptive Technology

As we prepare for a new contraceptive revolution centering the male reproductive body, little is known about 21st century men’s interest in pursuing hormonal technology. This paper sets out to understand what contraception (MHC) means performance of masculinity. Specifically, I seek how technology might contribute emergence and transformation different masculine identities, whether these identities will function enhance or denounce technology’s cultural feasibility widespread assimilation. Amid heavily quantitative nature literature on this topic, conduct semi-structured interviews form more intimate understanding relationship. Through thematic analysis, project reveals typology three analytic figures which surface response future existence MHC: ‘responsible, caring man’, ‘lazy ‘independent, heterosexual man’. The ways conflict, complement, interact with each other indicate masculinities are being negotiated upon shifting landscape. conclusions derived from my analyses twofold: Firstly, that MHC western contexts simultaneously demand induce destabilisation conventionalised gender performances. Secondly, emerge frontier complex, multiple fluid. investigation ends by looking at wider implications findings policy practice.