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Are Men “Fertility Aware?”
• No!, Yes?, Maybe?
– Women know more (12 studies)
– There are no differences (10 studies) • University student samples mostly
– Mixed results (4 studies)
• igher educaon Awareness • Lower numbers of Male Ss
Pedro, Brandão, et al., 2018
Do Men Care About Fertility?
• Too painful to talk about it – 15/500
– McNab, 1984
• Once contacted more than willing to discuss
– Mason, 1993
• Specific self help literature
– Schover LR, Thomas, AJ, 2000
• Anthropological and cultural studies
– Inhorn et al., 2009
• Contemporary literature
– Chabon, 1999
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