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Male Birth Control Shot Found Effective (bbc.com)
An anonymous reader quotes the BBC:
A hormone injection has been shown to be a safe and effective method of contraception -- for men. U.S. researchers say the jab was almost 96% effective in tests on around 270 men who were using it, with four pregnancies among their partners. However, a relatively high number developed side effects, including acne and mood disorders... Because men constantly produce sperm, high levels of hormones are needed to reduce levels from the normal sperm count of over 15 million per milliliter to under one million/ml.
One professor pointed out that despite the side effects, "75% of the men who took part in the trial would be willing to use this method of contraception again."
One professor pointed out that despite the side effects, "75% of the men who took part in the trial would be willing to use this method of contraception again."
That means I'd have 14 babies a year! Not effective at a!!
How often do fags reproduce?
Per my gay friends, they keep trying to have kids, even several times a day, but still no pregnancy has resulted.
While sad of no offspring, both partners often report enjoying themselves each and every time.
*Posting AC for reasons I don't desire to get into.*
Um, about that...
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This is probably some of the least relevant news I've seen here, and that's really saying something.
I'm just waiting for someone to wave the "techies are virgin beardos" flag.
I believe vehicular analogies are the usual go-to here?
"When the bus enters the tunnel..."
*all hands raise*
"Oh, for fucks sake, you want me to describe what a tunnel is??"
(OK, maybe you're right.)
We're nerds, we have natural birth control. The majority are introverted, fat, ugly, or deemed unfit for a long term relationship for one reason or another. That's birth control enough. It would be a minor miracle to have sex let alone be put in a situation where birth control was a topic of discussion with a significant other. This article belongs in Vogue or G.Q. not Slashdot.
Tldr; the abstinence argument is stillborn.
1 suicide within the trial? That is a success. 100% contraception success.
This one will sure not be able to procreate anymore.
Thanks to modern science, it is entirely possible for a woman who to be impregnated by a man she has never met, much less had sex with.
A quick search says that there were over 60,000 children conceived through in vitro fertilization in 2012, so it's likely that some of those pregnancies were in women who weren't having sex with anyone. Who knows, there may have been a few virgins in the bunch. Maybe we should start a religion!
...has a 96% success rate.
His doctor gave it to him, he found it during his most recent prostate exam.
Or the whole lamb.
You are welcome on my lawn.
Also discovered in the study that 4 women were cheating on their partners.
I know a method that is at least 69% effective. In fact it is 100% effective if you stay in that position. The numbers trend downwards if you don't.
Silence is a state of mime.