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[–] 286 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Honestly, as a dude, I'm 100% down for male birth control. Can't wait.

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  • [–] 105 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Hopefully it less hormonal side affects than the female pill. But yeah having an extra level of protection will be nice.

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  • [–] 102 points 2 years ago (47 children)

    “Extra Level”? It's more about taking the burden off the women for me. Why do they, and only they, always have to mess up their bodies?

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    [–] 108 points 2 years ago (40 children)

    Vasectomy gang 😎😎✂️✂️ All juice no seeds

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    [–] 98 points 2 years ago (22 children)

    Man if this is effective in both cost and a high efficacy rate, then I'm so down, assuming I don't experience awful side effects.

    I had the unfortunate experience of a manipulative woman lying about using protection, and it led to me developing a fear of others doing the same. It severely effected my dating/sex life all through my 20s.

    If either party (or both!) can take easily-attainable birth control, it'd be so much better than we have it now.

    It's a shame that male birth control has been so much more difficult to develop, probably due to the male reproductive system not relying on a cycle that can be quite easily interrupted.

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  • [–] 27 points 2 years ago (7 children)

    I exist because my mother told my father that she was taking birth control. My father hasn’t been a part of my life except on a few occasions where he wanted to be here and there, and I don’t hold a grudge. My mom proudly told me this when I was about 9. I don’t blame her either, she raised herself from the time she was 4 years old when her mother committed suicide. She did the best she could with what she had as a person with no education and no parents to guide her.

    My father came for the birth of my oldest biological child. He came for a few Christmases. He showed up when I was going through a divorce and helped me fix a car for my now ex. He didn’t have to do any of that. I barely know him at all, and even though it bums me out from time to time, it is what it is.

    Life is a mess for everybody haha.

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    [–] 79 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    Friendly reminder of the core problem: medical treatments are all balanced against the risk of what it counteracts.

    Undergoing physical and chemical changes to grow another creature inside you and have it damage everything on the way out is pretty risky. Female birth control only has to be less risky than that.

    A male has zero physiological risk from impregnating someone. Therefore, anything except a miracle drug with high efficacy and almost zero side effects is going to stall at the trial stage.

    On another note, that speaks to how safe and effective vasectomies are.

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  • [–] 32 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Written by someone who has never had to pay child support.

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  • [–] 27 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (3 children)

    Yeah zero psychological risk is a bit of an overstatement. Zero physical maybe, but there's definitely psychological risks, and I'm not even thinking about child support

    Edit: I can't read, it says physiological and I'm just deficient in the reading

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    [–] 76 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Oh, I'm way ahead of them there, with 44 years of shitty diet and lifestyle choices.

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  • [–] 59 points 2 years ago (10 children)

    Everyone brace yourself! The Christians are looking for Bible quotes right now!

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    [–] 59 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Ha jokes on them, the plastic in my balls is permanently shutting of my sperm!

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  • [–] 56 points 2 years ago

    And moments after its efficacy was proven, Louisiana banned it.

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  • [–] 35 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (5 children)

    The point of the joke is not that they think men are being babies about it. It is that women's birth control causes these same side effects, along with strokes, and a number of other serious, long term issues. However when women say they do not want to take birth control, and instead opt for doing things that require more responsibility of the man, they are often told similar things concerning the negative effects they get when using it, and they should just deal with it.

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    [–] 51 points 2 years ago (12 children)

    Man my birth control seems way safer and way more effective. It's called: "Obesity, Trichotillomania, and absolutely fuck all confidence."

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    [–] 43 points 2 years ago (5 children)

    Not saying the pill won't eventually appear but the track record for men contraception hitting the market is not good. It always get cancelled in an endless loop of disapointment.

    People serious about sharing the load or protecting women from the aide effect of birth control should look up vasectomy or thermal contraception. It works.

    I've been on thermal contraception for 6months myself and my sperm production bas completely stoped with no side effects. Highly recommend.

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    can't wait for the inevitable surge of pregnancies, as people learn that that sperm doesn't just fucking disappear, and that it needs to be manually cleared first.

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  • [–] 37 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    If it flies, look for a huge spike in stds

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  • [–] 56 points 2 years ago (5 children)

    Huge spikes in STD’s is already happening due to other factors

    https://www.healthline.com/health-news/sti-increase-syphilis-cases-spike-74-in-four-years

    Wear a rubber kids. No one likes a raunchy coochie/schlong

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  • [–] 31 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Me still waiting on Vasalgel after 2 decades.

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    I've heard of a male birth control every couple years and still nothing on the market. Usually it's because there are slight side effects and that's considered to much of a risk meanwhile female birth control can cause blood clots and whatnot. I'm too jaded to believe this will ever come to fruition.

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  • [–] 21 points 2 years ago (1 child)
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    [–] 20 points 2 years ago (6 children)

    I find it strange that many people here are against this when the alternative is a surgical treatment that often can't be easily reversed, and even when it is, often lowers the likelihood they will have a kid.

    Chemical solutions are way better in that regard because if they are done right they don't damage any tissue and their affects are temporary.

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    [–] 18 points 2 years ago*

    When it comes to birth control for far too long women have been getting the short end of the….. oh, nevermind

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