Percepciones y actitudes de los hombres de la frontera norte de México en relación con el uso de condones, práctica de la vasectomía y chequeos de próstata

the main idea of this article is to discuss which are the attitudes, perceptions and behavior of men with respect to the use of condoms, vasectomy and prostate analysis. this document is based on 40 interviews elaborated among 40 men of the border mexican city of tijuana, baja california, mexico. in this article we present the way that within the tijuana' men and their families discuss about the number of desired children as well as the different men's and women's perceptions and attitudes in regards to sex and reproduction are discussed, negotiated and decided. we would like to point out that this thematic of “reproductive health” shows the way the families negotiate and decide measures of parenthood planning as well as the number of desired children. this type of negotiation and the respective decisions are covered with ambivalence, contradictions, impositions and in many cases respect and cooperation. we would like to signal that not everything is either white or black. the decisions that are taken are not necessarily simple nor do they lack discussion and conflict.