Managing fertility and sexual and reproductive health across the life course is associated
with numerous responsibilities disproportionately experienced by women. This extends …

How do young people interpret virginity loss, and does saving sex for marriage have any
socially constructed benefit for marriage? This study answers this question using data …

Objective: Cisgender men's condom use resistance (CUR), deliberate attempts to avoid
using a condom with a partner who wishes to use one, may include coercive strategies, such …

Emphasized femininity plays a key role in maintaining gender inequality. Yet, classic
conceptualizations of emphasized femininity render it static and inflexible, and obscure …

Smartphone apps for monitoring bodily signs of ovulation are growing in popularity and
becoming increasingly important tools for facilitating or preventing pregnancy. This article …

This study integrates research on contraceptive prevalence with research on contraceptive
dynamics in hookup culture to examine college women's use of withdrawal with sexual …

Research examining the “contraceptive paradox” has illuminated how contraception can be
a source of empowerment for some and oppression for others. This study advances …

While the sexual acceptability of contraception–or, the impact of contraceptive methods on
individuals' sexual experiences–is a growing area of research, less frequently do studies …

Heterosexual university students continue to endorse sexual scripts that preference men's
desire and sustain gendered power imbalances in sexual relationships and encounters …

Many young professionals seek egalitarian partnerships in which both partners work for pay
and share unpaid housework and childcare. Yet working couples' realities often deviate from …