Korean Women Say Birth Control Is Men's Responsibility

Submitted by anthony on Wed, 2008-11-12 08:02

Article here. Excerpt:

'Birth control has become an important issue for women's rights as well as the environment. However, a study of South Korean women aged 19-34 found 45% believe contraception should be a man's responsibility. Only 4.8% in the survey felt birth control was a woman's responsibility.

The survey, by the Study Group for Contraception, shows that most women are doing little or nothing to avoid unwanted pregnancies. Of the 1000 women who participated in the survey, one in five said she relied on coitus interruptus or timing pregnancy cycles as a form of birth control. Both methods have high failure rates of around 25%.
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What's more, abortion is illegal in South Korea, except under extenuating circumstances. The result is an almost entirely first-world country where each year hundreds of thousands of women practice illegal abortions at "don't ask don't tell" clinics.

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of course...everything should be a man's responsibility.

it would be a real shame if the blame was split.

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Submitted by dudejo on Thu, 2008-11-13 01:29

Men have more options, condom, vasectomy, uhmm condom errr... Trust the women is taking her pilLOL

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Submitted by Michael on Thu, 2008-11-13 02:09

manonthestreet

I have to be honest and say I don't understand this story at all. There must be more to it than just the bare facts. Perhaps there is some cultural influence in all this. In any case I don't think we should judge this through only a US or European perspective. That said it was only a survey and such things should never just be swallowed whole.

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Submitted by trotter on Thu, 2008-11-13 07:41