Does empowering women really make men less ‘relevant’?

November 15, 2010

Comment is free’s series about the advent of new reproductive and contraceptive technologies is opening an old debate: how do these advances affect relationships between men and women? Do they threaten to make men less “relevant”? Does increasing women’s ability to control reproduction discourage men from taking responsibility for the health and wellbeing of their partners – and of their potential children? (Guardian)