Community | March 19, 2010 | 32 comments

Everything You Need to Know About the Male Birth Control Pill

source: http://onlineultrasoundschool.com/2010/everything-you-need-to-know-about-the-male-birth-cont...

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Depending upon funding, it appears that new methods for birth control are on the horizon —
for men. While men and women both have their thoughts about the ability for men to take
control over their sexual lives in a way that women have had since the 1960s, others may not
understand how this birth control might work, or how this transition of "power" might feel.
link:http://onlineultrasoundschool.com/2010/everything-you-need-to-know-about-the-male-birth-control-pill/
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32 comments // Everything You Need to Know About the Male Birth Control Pill

  • jehnavi
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      jehnavi  
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    • http://www.womenhealthcenter.net/birth-control-pills.html

      Totally agree. There's no reason that this can't be created outside of a culture that says there's no market for it, which is patently false. I'd much rather have the option to take a pill. While some men may be too lazy to do it and some women with fake ideas of "empowerment" think that it would somehow deny them of the right to dictate on this issue, it's the only way (other than a condom) for the male in the equation to know that birth control is being used. Both parties should be taking birth control, but let's face it, you can only control what you do.
      http://www.womenhealthcenter.net

    • 1 year ago
  • iamfree
  • SarahAna
  • iamfree
  • KSirys
  • CaptB
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      CaptB  

    • The non-hormonal technique seems the only real way to market this product without any unwanted side effects. If we start messing with testosterone we could have a lot more metro-sexuals running around, and yes, it could make men more effeminate and less apt to excel at sports. Unless you like badminton?

      The non-hormonal technique makes it so the tail on the sperm just doesn't provide motility and can't swim upstream towards the egg. If there is no real profit motive for the pharm companies though I doubt this will take off.

      The other options DO NOT appeal to me. Start messing with hormones in a man and we could all have tracklighting and end up in some weird sci-fi movie where the last man on earth that could reproduce was Paulie Shore or Pee Wee Herman.

    • 1 year ago
  • pandaman2105
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    • i don't want kids at all, but i do think i would get tired of condoms or having a girl always on birth control.

      as long it is extensively proven to be safe, won't alter any internal parts, won't shrink anything, or won't give dudes boobs, i'll definitely try it!

      it would be a revolutionary pressure off of women.

    • 1 year ago
  • BrittanyL
  • Ari_Liston
  • Bushido
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      Bushido  

    • I can't wait for the day!

      It may help remedy the rare, but scary "Ha! Gotcha!" tactic most famously used by insane, desperate women who want to trap their men in relationships.

    • 1 year ago
  • SarahAna
  • Bushido
  • dudefromtherock
  • Lucretia_Gross
  • KottonKandie
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      KottonKandie  

    • I don't know if this is good. Great to control unwanted pregnancy and all the myriad of there pregnancy concerns. I don't think the men would ever stop taking it. Even men married mean are so afraid to have kids. I think a small few would stop taking to pill and actually have kids.

    • 1 year ago
  • TheArtfulKill
  • eden49
  • Chapisbored
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      Chapisbored  

    • "more than two-thirds of the men said they would use a birth-control pill if it were available, and 75 percent of the women said they would trust their partner to handle the birth control."

      I love how thats written. It makes me laugh. As if your girlfriend might say, "If you didn't remember to take out the trash then why should I believe you took your birth control?"

    • 1 year ago
  • CaptB
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      CaptB  
    • Chapisbored:

      I never even considered that, hahaha. My wife is always telling me to do things around the yard and house. I couldn't imagine being blamed for her getting pregnant.

    • 1 year ago
  • SarahAna
  • artemis6
  • sk0j0
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      sk0j0  

    • I've been waiting for this, so when I saw the article I was stoked. Now, not so stoked. Yes, my pill has side effects but, I'm the only one who should have boobs in my relationship... looks like too many negative side effects for my taste.

    • 1 year ago
  • eden49
  • Almibry
  • CaptB
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      CaptB  

    • Women taking birth control can affect their bodies and have a negative impact on them over long periods of time. Not in all cases, but it is possible. I think it will have less impact on men.

      I agree, if it is safe I will gladly take it to prevent my wife from taking birth control.

      The problem I foresee is that men will psychologically feel emasculated. As if they are losing some sort of power. Hubris? I don't know, I do see it being a psychological issue though for men.

    • 1 year ago
  • Phoenix234
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      Phoenix234  
    • CaptB:

      thing is i think its going to be more damaging for men to have it.
      think about it, it would mess with our hormones that control our sperm etc like testotirone right?

      we rely on those hormones as a survival instinct and when we play sports etc.
      im not sure ill risk it till we can see the long term effects.

    • 1 year ago
  • kenzkenz
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      kenzkenz  
    • Phoenix234:

      Yes well female birth control already does that to us and we have been the ones taking that for years... Have you seen how many side effects women have dealt with over the years from being the "sexually responsible" ones?
      Birth control really isn't all that dependable anyhow. I have two sons both conceived while I was taking birth control, correctly I may add, same time every day. So there are going to be loopholes no matter what.

    • 1 year ago
  • Elligirl
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      Elligirl  
    • Phoenix234:

      My doctor has been telling me every year to make sure I don't smoke cigarettes and to stop taking the pill if any breast cancer shows up in my family, or if I develop high blood pressure. And this is from the time I was a very healthy 18 year old! The pill can result in deadly blood clots and cancers, not to mention weight gain, loss of libido, and mood swings.

      In other words, boo hoo. The female pill is hardly perfectly safe, and yet it's the best option for millions of women.

    • 1 year ago
  • CaptB
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      CaptB  
    • Elligirl:

      I don't want to tell you the other side effects, because I don't want to spread fear. But you are absolutely right, women undergo these risks everyday because of cultural pressures.

    • 1 year ago
  • Elligirl
  • Saladin
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