Ejaculate Responsibly

I remember the author's viral tweet thread about this topic, and this book is basically a bit of expansion. While some of the conclusions/solutions she mentions may feel outlandish, it also shows how easy it can be for men to be responsible in preventing unwanted pregnancies if only they decided to do so. This book is short, accessible, informative and important - but I also don't think it's easy to get to the place where men take more responsibility in this matter than the women. Because most of the issues highlighted in the book and the undue burden placed on the women is due to patriarchy, misogyny and societal conditioning and that will take a long time to change.

I wont consider this book any kind of authoritative material on the topic because this is strictly from a cis straight perspective. Glad that the author mentions this upfront and it would definitely be more helpful to have a book that deals with the specific issues related to the LGBTQ community written by someone well researched on the matter from the community's perspective, especially in these times of increasing homophobia and transphobia. I know the author is a Mormon and this might have been a factor in her not taking any pro-choice/pro-life stand in the book (also maybe hoping for a wider audience), but I think in our current post-Roe world, it's important to take a stand for the woman's right to choose and at the same time expecting men to take more responsibility in preventing unwanted pregnancies.

Whatever the misgivings I may have with this book, I would still recommend because it offers lots of thought provoking points that need to be talked about and discussed and understood.