Did you know that a male birth control drug was found 100% effective in trials? A male contraceptive that immobilizes sperm for 2 hours prevented pregnancy in mice and resulted in no adverse side effects! Full fertility returned 24 hours later. “This is, in the male contraceptive field, totally revolutionary,” says Jochen Buck at Cornell University. This is a breakthrough for men and women alike because it’s only taken as needed and doesn’t effect a person’s hormonal balance. “We need more [birth control] options, and men need an option so that the burden of contraception is not on females anymore,” says Melanie Balbach, Cornell University.
I feel like men are saying all the right things but they’re not being honest. Currently the only permanent form of birth control is for a woman to have her tubes tied or a man to have a vasectomy. Although a woman’s procedure is incredibly invasive, men still choose to make their significant others go through that process, rather than getting a vasectomy, which is a five minute procedure and is more effective. As a woman, I’m not sure that I would trust a man that told me he was on birth control.
In the mid-90s I had an interesting conversation with a person from the pharma industry who told me, that even if they would ever make a technological breakthrough, this product hardly would ever find a way to market. The explanation for this was interesting: their studies had found, that women don‘t trust the men (enough) to give the control out of their hands.
Sharing the burden of contraception is a great idea since it takes two to make the baby.
Yes, it's critical that the male contraceptive have no side effects, just like the female contraceptives. Oh, wait!
Are you REALLY going to trust a guy to take the ‘birth control solution’ on schedule, as scheduled? In his roaring 20s, 30s, 40s, etc? Not unless there’s a big check mark or ‘safe’ symbol that shows up on his body (ha!) or a simple saliva test that proves he is up to date will I trust. The consequences are too serious.
Looks like this one won’t work the morning after because the proverbial horse would have long bolted the previous night 😂😂😂😂😝😝😝😝
How long was the trial? I want to see long term studies, in humans, before it’s offered to the public.
I personally would not trust my male partner - or any previous ones - to take a birth control pill consistently. This is not about incompetence as such, more that the “consequences” to them failing to take it (but saying they have) fall on to me - the one with the uterus! So whilst it would be lovely to have both a woman and a man’s birth control pill - at the end of the day the greatest risk of pregnancy falls on those who have a uterus. I would also worry about young people especially not using condom protection due to their partner’s of the pill. Both are imprtant. Even in 2024 there are still so many people who don’t quite understand STI’s!
I am intrigued, how long does it take to take effect, if it lasts for 2 hours, what is the window beforehand that you need to be cautious? And for all those many comments that say that they wouldn't trust the person to take it, this is where the short effective period is beneficial. If it took 5 minutes to take effect, I would imagine that the male would be able to take it in the throws of the moment which would be seen by the female, meaning trust isn't a problem.
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