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"Having a Child Meant I had a Real Life": Reproductive Coercion…
"Having a Child Meant I had a Real Life": Reproductive Coercion & Childbearing Motivations Among Young Black Men Living in Baltimore
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intro
many black youth living in economically depressed urban environments desire parenthood at younger ages, have greater number of children, & experience more unintended pregnancies compared with white youth living in families with more resources
Poor young Black women are more likely to engage in sexual partnerships with poor young Black men than men of other races, ethnicities, or class status due to limited sexual networks that often prevent partnering with men outside their neighborhood boundaries
Empirical evidence suggests anti-natal (not wanting a child), pronatal (wanting a child), and ambivalent (conflicted desire about having a child) motivations predict condom and contraceptive use and pregnancy outcomes (timing and numbers of children) over the life course of urban disadvantaged youth
RC - strategic behaviors that promote a pregnancy in a female partner who doesn't wish to be pregnant - black women
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data
Data for this qualitative study were collected in Baltimore City, which has a predominantly Black/African American population (63%) and some of the highest rates of unintended pregnancies and intimate partner violence in the state of Maryland
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discussion
illuminate the complexity of balancing personal sexual autonomy, emotional needs for love and bonding, and future goal-setting.
low social and familial cohesion as well as exposure to crime and violence as motivations to have children
paradoxically support childbearing
desires to create familial legacies and a chance to reinvent themselves by correcting traumatic past histories
Black men that reports unemployment and housing instability influence decisions to bear children, engage in sexual relationships, and can motivate violent behaviors due to stressful conditions often outside their control
Neighborhoods with fewer resources are often stressful environments, sometimes enduring high levels of violence at the community level; Black communities are disproportionately affected
Exposure to violence might lay a foundation for personal relationship development and sexual risk taking
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ending/reflection
The value of understanding the motivations of young Black men is that individual experiences should be taken into account when developing psychosocial and social-structural supports for healthy young families.
providing opportunities to young Black men to fulfill some of their dreams to build legacies, correct past traumas, and be prepared financially and emotionally for fatherhood
promoting health for Black adolescents and young adults, the cultural meaning of childbearing and how desires and intentions are conveyed to sex partners are an opportunity for education and counseling about healthy sexual communication and goals for sexual behavior
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