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- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Copyright
- © 2022 Berghahn Books
- ISSN
- 1933-2882
- eISSN
- 1933-2890
- DOI
- 10.3167/asp.2021.150110
- Publisher site
- See Article on Publisher Site
Abstract
This article introduces the translated pamphlet For the Father of a Newborn by contextualizing it in Soviet medical efforts to deploy men as allies in safeguarding reproduction and bolstering procreation in the 1960s and 1970s. It examines the pamphlet as an illustration of how doctors and other health personnel tried to educate men to protect their wives’ pregnancy and the health of their wives and newborns in the postpartum period, and it considers the implications of these initiatives for women's bodies, gender norms, sexual practices, models of masculinity, and the socialist goal of promoting women's equality.
Journal
Aspasia – Berghahn Books
Published: Aug 1, 2021
Keywords: childbirth; gender; masculinity/masculinities; obstetrics; reproduction; Soviet