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Male responsibility in sexual activity and family planning: perspectives of a college mental health professional.

Social movements of the previous 2 decades have forced a reevaluation of the traditional male role in sexual activity and family planning. Men are now expected to be active responsible participants in decisions and actions concerning contraception child care pregnancy partner satisfaction and emotional bondings. While a number of rational "shoulds" have been advanced as guidelines for health responsible male functioning the actual behavior exercised is often a function of more irrational or conflicted motivations. The focus of this paper is an examination of motivations underlying maladaptive decisions by college males in the areas of sexual intercourse contraception and partner pleasure. The motivations involved in decisions to engage in sexual intercourse are classified and discussed along interpersonal and intrapersonal dimensions. The motivations involved in the use of nonuse of contraceptives are classified and discussed through use of Horneys interpersonal nomenclature. The sexual character types adapted by the author from Millons personality typology. A societal influence on male lovemaking is also addressed. Concluding remarks address the difficulty of precisely defining male responsibility in sexual activity and family planning. (Authors Modified)