Male status concerns and machismo drive resistance to contraception

Evidence

In patriarchal societies, male resistance to contraception and the idea that offspring are symbols of virility add to the family count. … Another Mexican serial drama promoted family planning to help break the cycle of poverty, which is heightened by a high rate of unplanned childbearing. The story focused on the lives of married sisters. The benefits that one sister gained by having a small family were contrasted with the experiences of the other sister, who was burdened with a huge family that lived in poverty and despair. — Albert Bandura, Moral Disengagement, 2853

Categorization

• SEED: Angle: how entertainment-education serial dramas operationalize social modeling — Bandura’s observational-learning mechanism applied at population scale.
• XREF: connects to: Widespread contraceptive availability increases women’s sexual freedom and premarital experience.; Beliefs that childbirth pain awakens maternal instinct express male resistance to easing women’s burdens