“Men don't think that far” - Interviewing men in Sweden about chlamydia and HIV testing during pregnancy from a discursive masculinities construction perspective

Conclusion: The majority of men talked about pregnancy as a feminine territory, raised uncertainties about men's roles in the transmission of STIs, and talked about women's and men's essentially different bodies and biology, where few men realised that they could infect both their partner and the unborn child. This knowledge gap that men have must become apparent to healthcare providers, and policy makers must give men equal access to the reproductive arena.