Contents; Index; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; 1. Taming Men's Natural Desires in Oaxaca; 2. The Missing Gamete: Eight Common Mistakes about Men's Sexuality; 3. New Labyrinths of Solitude: Lonesome Men and AIDS; 4. Frisky and Risky Men: AIDS Care in Oaxaca; 5. Planning Men Out of Family Planning; 6. Scoring Men: Vasectomies and the Totemic Illusion of Male Sexuality; 7. Traditional Sexual Healing of Men; 8. From Boardrooms to Bedrooms; Notes; Bibliography
Summary
Most studies on reproductive rights make women their focus, but this work illuminates what men in the Mexican state of Oaxaca say and do about contraception, sex, and AIDS. It reveals how these men and the women in their lives make decisions about birth control and how they cope with the plague of AIDS
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-254) and index
