This bachelor thesis has studied the relationship between politics and birth control for men. By doing a qualitative content analysis on 18 motions and propositions and carrying out two interviews the two following research questions have been answered: How is the relationship between politics and birth control for men? and How is the relationship between politics and innovations in LARC for men? First of all the results show that the relationship consists of a demand for birth control for men from politicians. However, there is a different point of view regarding birth control for men and politicians than what political institutions such as the Swedish riksdag and the Swedish government believe. The motions and the interviews that I studied showed that birth control for men is about prioritising men’s sexual health and right now it is not prioritised. It also indicates that the relationship between politics and innovations in LARC for men is scarce, not many politicians talk about the need for LARCs both in a general sense but also in a specific sense such as vasectomy. Also different committees do not talk at all about LARCs. The results from the interviews showed that both politicians and scientists feel that birth control for men should be a priority and more should be done in order for change to be made. Lastly, more research needs to be done in order to be able to generalize the results to a bigger population.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA1/oai:DiVA.org:su-205597 |
| Date | January 2022 |
| Creators | Wilsby, Unn |
| Publisher | Stockholms universitet, Statsvetenskapliga institutionen |
| Source Sets | DiVA Archive at Upsalla University |
| Language | Swedish |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Student thesis, info:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesis, text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
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