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“Information-Backward but Sex-Forward”: Navigating Masculinity towards Intimate Wellbeing and Heterosexual Relationships
Proceedings of the 2023 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, pp 1-16
19 Apr 2023
Abstract
There has been a growing interest in reproductive health and intimate wellbeing in Human-Computer Interaction, increasingly from an ecological perspective. Much of this work is centered around women’s experiences across diverse settings, emphasizing men’s limited engagement and need for greater participation on these topics. Our research responds to this gap by investigating cisgender men’s experiences of cultivating sexual health literacies in an urban Indian context. We leverage media probes to stimulate focus group discussions, using popular media references on men’s fertility to elicit shared reflection. Our findings uncover the role that humor and masculinity play in shaping men’s perceptions of their sexual health and how this influences their sense of agency and participation in heterosexual intimate relationships. We further discuss how technologies might be designed to support men’s participation in these relationships as supportive partners and allies.
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- Title
- “Information-Backward but Sex-Forward”: Navigating Masculinity towards Intimate Wellbeing and Heterosexual Relationships
- Creators
- Anupriya Tuli - Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology DelhiAzra Ismail - Georgia Institute of TechnologyKarthik S Bhat - Georgia Institute of TechnologyPushpendra Singh - Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology DelhiNeha Kumar - Georgia Institute of Technology
- Contributors
- Albrecht Schmidt (Editor)Kaisa Väänänen (Editor)Tesh Goyal (Editor)Per Ola Kristensson (Editor)Anicia Peters (Editor)Stefanie Mueller (Editor)Julie R. Williamson (Editor)Max L. Wilson (Editor)
- Publication Details
- Proceedings of the 2023 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, pp 1-16
- Conference
- CHI '23: CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
- Series
- ACM Conferences
- Publisher
- ACM; NEW YORK
- Number of pages
- 16
- Grant note
- NSF: 2047726
We express gratitude to our participants who contributed valuable time and shared their experiences for this study. We are immensely grateful to the external reviewers, who sharpened our contribution with their feedback and critical comments. This research work was supported by NSF grant #2047726.
- Resource Type
- Conference proceeding
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Information Science (Informatics)
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:001048393806007
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-85160003351
- Other Identifier
- 991021985095604721
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- Collaboration types
- Domestic collaboration
- International collaboration
- Web of Science research areas
- Computer Science, Information Systems
- Computer Science, Theory & Methods
- Robotics