MALE SEXUAL BEHAVIOUR DURING WIFE'S PREGNANCY AND POSTPARTUM ABSTINENCE PERIOD IN OYO STATE, NIGERIA

The traditional proscription against sex for women during pregnancy, and particularly in the postpartum period, in south-west Nigeria leaves many men without sexual access to their wives for extended periods of time. This practice raises the question whether men abstain or seek other sexual partners...

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Published in:Journal of biosocial science 2002-01, Vol.34 (1), p.51-63
Main Authors: LAWOYIN, TAIWO O., LARSEN, ULLA
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Abstinence
Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome
Age Distribution
Biological and medical sciences
Celibacy
Cross-Sectional Studies
Extramarital Relations
Extramarital Sexuality
Female
HIV
Human immunodeficiency virus
Humans
Husbands
Male
Males
Marriage - ethnology
Marriage - psychology
Medical sciences
Miscellaneous
Nigeria
Nigeria - epidemiology
Pregnancy
Pregnancy - ethnology
Prevention and actions
Public health. Hygiene
Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine
Regular Article
Rural areas
Rural Population - statistics & numerical data
Science and technology
Sex
Sexual Abstinence
Sexual Behavior
Sexual Behavior - ethnology
Sexual Behavior - statistics & numerical data
Sexual behaviour
Sexually transmitted diseases
Social Class
Social Facilitation
Taboos
Urban areas
Urban Population - statistics & numerical data
Wives
Womens health
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Summary:The traditional proscription against sex for women during pregnancy, and particularly in the postpartum period, in south-west Nigeria leaves many men without sexual access to their wives for extended periods of time. This practice raises the question whether men abstain or seek other sexual partners. A community-based study was conducted using 3204 married men from randomly selected local government areas of the state. These men had wives who had delivered a baby in the 36 months prior to the study. Information was obtained on their sexual practices before and during pregnancy and the postpartum period. Male sexual networking was not absent outside the pregnancy and the postpartum periods. However, during pregnancy, a higher percentage of men (43·7%) had other partners compared with the period outside pregnancy and postpartum (42·1%). The difference was not significant (p>0·05). Similarly, in the postpartum abstinence period, more men (48%) had other sexual partners when compared with the period outside pregnancy and postpartum (42·1%; p
ISSN:0021-9320
1469-7599
DOI:10.1017/S0021932002000512