The work of contracepting: young people's experiences and practices with contraceptives in Sweden.

Project: Dissertation

Project Details

Description

The prevention of unwanted pregnancies and sexually transmitted infections, or contracepting, is usually treated as a medical or health issue rather than a social one. As such, a lot of the everyday work that goes into contracepting remains unseen and unrecognised. Young people in particular are often spoken about rather than spoken to when it comes to their contraceptive use. This needs to change. Instead, as I suggest throughout my research, we need to listen more to young people and take their perspectives on contraceptives seriously.

My PhD thesis departs from the accounts and stories of thirteen young women, men, and non-binary people between the ages of 18 to 29 with different sexual identities living in Sweden. It casts light the invisible everyday work that is fundamental to young people’s contracepting experiences and practices. This study provides an important shift in perspective and new insights into the social phenomenon of contraception. Ultimately, it considers how we can better support each other in doing work of contracepting, not only as medical professionals, educators, and policymakers, but as partners, family, and friends.
Short titleThe work of contracepting
StatusFinished
Effective start/end date2018/09/012023/12/19

UN Sustainable Development Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This project contributes towards the following SDG(s):

  • SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being
  • SDG 4 - Quality Education
  • SDG 5 - Gender Equality

UKÄ subject classification

  • Sociology (excluding Social Work, Social Psychology and Social Anthropology)

Free keywords

  • Contraception
  • Feminist research
  • Qualitative methods
  • Work
  • Gender
  • Emotion work
  • Sexuality
  • Sociology
  • Embodiment
  • Relational Perspective
  • Epistemic work