%0 Journal Article
%T ¡°Put It in Your Shoe It Will Make You Limp¡±: British Men¡¯s Online Responses to a Male Pill
%A Amanda D. Wilson
%J The Journal of Men¡¯s Studies
%@ 1933-0251
%D 2018
%R 10.1177/1060826518761433
%X This article analyzes online interactions between British men and other online readers¡¯ comments in response to two news articles focused on a male contraceptive pill. The aim of the study was to explore how British men¡¯s online accounts construct a male pill as a potential contraceptive option for family planning. The two online articles reported the scientific innovations, as well as the production and marketing, of a nonhormonal, plant-based pill for men. Discourse analysis was used to analyze the online comments, from which two discourses emerged: (a) ¡°Men as responsible health consumers¡± and (b) ¡°¡®Killing sperm¡¯ and other side effects on semen.¡± When provided with the opportunity to take future responsibility for family planning, male readers were found to be unlikely to use a contraceptive pill. The men expressed the need for new options of contraception but, overall, felt a male pill was not the solution
%K England
%K Internet
%K reproduction
%K male contraceptive pill
%K discourse analysis
%U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1060826518761433