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Designing for Secondary Users of Intimate Technologies
Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden.
KTH, School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS), Human Centered Technology, Media Technology and Interaction Design, MID.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-7673-0822
KTH, School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS), Human Centered Technology, Media Technology and Interaction Design, MID.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-0767-6973
KTH, School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS), Human Centered Technology, Media Technology and Interaction Design, MID.ORCID iD: 0000-0001-8838-0391
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2025 (English)In: Proceedings of the 2025 ACM Designing Interactive Systems Conference, Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) , 2025Conference paper, Published paper (Refereed)
Abstract [en]

Digital contraceptives are intimate technologies that support their users, and their partners, in preventing pregnancy. These technologies rely on basal body temperature data to predict ovulation and calculate a fertile window, where there is a risk of pregnancy if partners have unprotected sex. Although their use is shared and relational, these technologies are mainly designed for a primary user — the person who can become pregnant. We turn our attention to secondary users of digital contraception (i.e., sexual partners), specifically, Natural Cycles. We investigate how secondary users are designed for and how primary users imagine them to be. We contribute empirical insights on how secondary users are and are not involved in digital contraception and conclude with three design proposals describing how digital contraception tools could be designed to involve secondary users. We discuss how designing for secondary users of intimate technologies requires balancing their potential as co-users and adversaries. 

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Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) , 2025.
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Human Computer Interaction
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URN: urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-367847DOI: 10.1145/3715336.3735420OAI: oai:DiVA.org:kth-367847DiVA, id: diva2:1986408
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2025 ACM Designing Interactive Systems Conference, DIS 2025, Funchal, Madeira, Portugal, July 5-9, 2025
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Available from: 2025-07-31 Created: 2025-07-31 Last updated: 2025-08-13Bibliographically approved

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