Sociology

The reproductive health issues affect both men and women in todays society, Men in their early age use contraceptives such as condoms for fear of impregnating young girls. This implies that the reproductive system of young boys and girls has already developed. In the late years, men would prefer using vasectomy while women would also prefer using drugs and female sterilization as methods of contraception, to avoid more births for the case of married couples or a way of family planning, Sexually transmitted diseases like Gonorrhea, Syphilis and HIV are a major hit in the world, at all ages, both men and women are at risk of contracting the sexually transmitted infections, diseases associated with the STDs affect both men and women, but symptoms of some diseases appear more to women than in men, e.g. itching around the vagina  or a vaginal discharge (that has a distinctly different bad odor), pain during intercourse, painful urinating, or pain from hard aches to cramp like pain in the groinpelvic area, to mention just a few, this might cause psychological problems to both partners for the case of married couples and trauma to single or unmarried  partners. Of child bearing, pregnancy and   parenting, we see that some couples prefer genetic testing for the case of them not being able to bear children genetic testing may have a negative impact to the unborn child, this may cause disability to the unborn child, and a child born with a disability may have a negative attitude like rejection and discrimination from the society. Once a child has been born with disability due to the genetically used drugs or supplements, it becomes very hard and complicated to bring up a disabled child. Couples love healthy children, and would not love to see their children suffer. They can be weighed down by the physical and psychological needs of disabled children. It is natural that many people would not love to give birth to a disabled child and this calls for abortion to prevent suffering.
Abortion is a major problem in todays society, any child conceived has a right to live, what if a child is found to have a disorder, does this call for abortion before birth Many women are traumatized by their abortion experience, they try to commit suicide. Others try to avoid any reminders of abortion. They feel shame, anger, and guilt regardless of whether the abortion was their choice or they felt forced into an unwanted abortion. Often, they feel they deserve punishment for their abortion so they tolerate abusive relationships or use alcohol, drugs, has eating disorders, or even physically abuse themselves. Many who appear to have a normal life actually spend hours in private crying because they feel such despair and abandonment.   A man involved in the decision to abort his baby too suffer negative psychological effects like anger and frustrations of not being able to protect and provide for the unborn baby and as a result of a previous experience, they do not want to be put into another situation where another pregnancy may occur, instead they experiment homosexuality because it allows them to have a successful sexual relationship with no commitment and no worry of pregnancy. Men may suffer from other forms of sexual dysfunction such as impotency and addiction to pornography and masturbation. Other effects include sleeplessness, panic attacks, poor coping skills, flashbacks, nightmares or self-imposed isolation. He may be unable to hold a job due to his inability to handle decision making, or he may be an excessive risk-taker in work and social environments, setting himself up for failure. This indicates clearly that reproductive health issues affect both men and women. People marry their loved ones and try to build a family, a family cannot be complete without children, and this calls in the issue of child bearing and of reproduction, and reproduction of children involves both man and woman in the marriage institution. There are some couples who are not able to bore children in their marriage, this becomes complicated because the couple may want to have children but it becomes impossible as they may have problems with their reproductive system, like a man not being able to produce, or a woman may have cancer of the uterus.   They make endless visits to gynecologists and end up using a lot of money because it is not a one partner issue.