Table 2 Gender stereotyping
Codes | Categories | Theme | |
|---|---|---|---|
• Adolescent boys are not seen in Health care services • They don’t often seek help/support at school • We don’t consider the needs of boys in our service • I’ve never thought about teenage pregnancy from the male perspective | Invisibility | Masculinity | Gender stereotyping |
• Young boys sow their wild oats • They refuse to wear condoms • They wouldn’t take a male pill if it was available • Boys have no responsibility | Boys will be boys | ||
• Young girls want to become pregnant • Once she is pregnant it is her choice -not his • The female has the right to choose | Her body -Her choice | Femininity | |
• I only see the female once she is pregnant • The female is my patient/client not her boyfriend • The focus of care is on the mother to be | She is the client |