Men and Abortion - by Arthur B Shostak & Lynn Seng & Gary McLouth (Hardcover)

About the Book

Here is a pioneering and revealing study of the meaning of the abortion experience for American men. The book draws on over 400 detailed surveys from men involved in an abortion, along with opinion data from secondary polls of American women.

Book Synopsis

Here is a pioneering and revealing study of the meaning of the abortion experience for American men. The book draws on over 400 detailed surveys from men involved in an abortion, along with opinion data from secondary polls of American women.

Review Quotes

?This book offers readers their first large-scale glimpse of the heretofore invisible partner in abortion situations.... Those who are familiar with the vast multidisciplinary literature on fertility control will recognize that, with very few exceptions, researchers and writers have considered such matters entirely a female issue.... Men and Abortion constitutes a significant and long-awaited contribution to the area. In addition, it is valuable reading for all those interested in understanding more about the dynamics of contemporary female-male relationships.... Readers will find the book clearly written and appropriately designed for a broad audience.... Shostak and colleagues have amassed a valuable set of quantitative and qualitative data blended with a richly sensitive, compassionate, and thought-provoking discussion....?-Contemporary Sociology

"This book offers readers their first large-scale glimpse of the heretofore invisible partner in abortion situations.... Those who are familiar with the vast multidisciplinary literature on fertility control will recognize that, with very few exceptions, researchers and writers have considered such matters entirely a female issue.... Men and Abortion constitutes a significant and long-awaited contribution to the area. In addition, it is valuable reading for all those interested in understanding more about the dynamics of contemporary female-male relationships.... Readers will find the book clearly written and appropriately designed for a broad audience.... Shostak and colleagues have amassed a valuable set of quantitative and qualitative data blended with a richly sensitive, compassionate, and thought-provoking discussion...."-Contemporary Sociology

About the Author

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