Gender is not accurately captured by the traditional male and female dichotomy of sex.
Instead, it is a complex social system that structures the life experience of all human beings …

This article reviews what has been learned to date about the role of gender‐based power in
sexual relationships in determining sexual and reproductive health outcomes. A framework …

IntroductIon reconceiving Middle Eastern Manhood this book is a tribute to Middle Eastern
men such as Hamza, my driver in Lebanon, whose stories never make it to the front pages of …

Preference theory is a new approach to explaining current and future patterns of
employment and fertility among women in modern societies. Although economists usually …

Most HIV prevention literature portrays women as especially vulnerable to HIV infection
because of biological susceptibility and men's sexual power and privilege. Conversely …

Education and fertility (including childrearing) are foundational processes in societal
metabolism, and the relationship between them can have profound, long-term effects on a …

Reproductive health has emerged as an organizational framework that incorporates men
into maternal and child health (MCH) programs. For several decades, medical …

This paper reexamines the relationship between status and reproductive success (at the
ultimate and proximate levels) using data on sex frequency and number of biological …

Indonesian women's power relative to that of their husbands is examined to determine how it
affects use of prenatal and delivery care. Holding household resources constant, a woman's …

No validated measures are currently available to assess women's ability to achieve their
reproductive intentions, also referred to as “reproductive autonomy.” We developed and …