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[quote=Anonymous]I actually found this report a month or some time ago and I forgot to share it. I was looking at the Wikipedia article on Reproductive Coercion when I came across this interesting piece of information. The actual NISVS report the article cites is from 2010, but it's the most recent survey that's been completed, so it's all we have to work with.

If you look at the prevalence section of the article or page 58 of the NISVS report, you can see that

Approximately 8.6% (or an estimated 10.3 million) of women in the United States reported ever having an intimate partner who tried to get them pregnant when they did not want to, or refused to use a condom, with 4.8% having had an intimate partner who tried to get them pregnant when they did not want to, and 6.7% having had an intimate partner who refused to wear a condom

Where as

Approximately 10.4% (or an estimated 11.7 million) of men in the United States reported ever having an intimate partner who tried to get pregnant when they did not want to or tried to stop them from using birth control, with 8.7% having had an intimate partner who tried to get pregnant when they did not want to or tried to stop them from using birth control and 3.8% having had an intimate partner who refused to wear a condom

While men are more likely to report that an intimate partner tried to get pregnant when they did not want or tried to stop them from using birth control, women were around 1.5x more likely to report an intimate partner who refused to wear a condom. I read this report maybe dozens of times to make sure I didn't misinterpret it, but it seems to be what it is. This is pretty alarming because if you google this, you find shit like this where not only are there no articles about it happening to men, most of the results on the page aren't even gender neutral; they link to articles describing exactly how it's related to the domestic abuse of women. In fact, there is actually another result that presents itself as "What You Need to Know About Reproductive Coercion"(hint: it's metadata excerpt suggest it's only about women) that didn't even fit on my screenshot. One of those results that's in the initial screenshot even includes a gendered definition of reproductive coercion, which non-surprisingly, is featured in a report published by the NCAV or the "National Coalition Against Domestic Violence." Doesn't seem like they're all that committed to ending Domestic Violence to me.

It's sort of disheartening to see time and time again male victims of abuse pushed aside and their experiences marginalized by the very same people who are supposed to help them. While it's undeniably true that teenage girls and women have a greater risk towards reproductive coercion, it's a little sad there is no media or no awareness for male victims of the same issue. On this site alone, I have witnessed so called "progressives" discard information such as this as an "attempt by MRAs to paint all women as liars, batshit crazy, or greedy bitches." While I can't really dispute that it's being done(as apparent by their use of the crude term 'sperm-jacking'), it's still ridiculous this point has been completely thrown out and deemed by some as insignificant.

To me, it's not necessarily all that important that more men reported this issue than women, it's the disparity in attention and awareness that's really concerning. This is because it fits a preexisting trend where men have received the short end of the stick when it comes to the emotional and financial support for their issues not only on an interpersonal scale, but a societal scale as well. Domestic violence shelters, homeless shelters, rape and abuse hotlines, you name it; outlets for helping male abuse victims are often more of a joke than their female counterparts(which are also constantly understaffed and under equipped). I also have to mention the fact that society is progressing towards training social workers to identify traits of abuse so it's very important that people bring awareness to this.

Often in some areas of Reddit, men's reproductive control is reduced to "lol wear a condom everything else is your fault." I really hope that shit doesn't make it's way here, as this place is the closest thing us guys have to a paragon of awareness for men's issues. I'm not making a point for financial abortion either; it's just super annoying seeing that bullshit everywhere because it's an incredibly stupid point to make. If things were that easy the world would be in a lot better shape than it is now.

*Please note the [US] tag in the title. The linked information is most likely only relevant to the U.S, but it's still possible it can for other countries as well.

There’s a pretty big reddit thread on this as well: https://www.reddit.com/r/MensLib/comments/6lwq9r/usmore_men_reported_as_victims_of_reproductive/[/quote]

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