What is the Male Reproductive Experience?: From Interviews with Men Who Are Actively Engaged in Childcare

Abstract

It is said that the reproductive experiences of men and women significantly differ from each other. Certainly, the reproductive processes such as pregnancy and childbirth occur in the female body. For this reason, men have never been considered as the subjects of reproduction. However, it is now becoming clearer that men are also involved in reproduction. This paper therefore aims to clarify men’s reproductive experience by re-establishing men as reproductive subjects. Specifically, based on interviews with ten men who are actively engaged in childcare and are highly interested in reproduction, describe the actual reproductive experience of men that has been a black box.