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New Male Contraceptive Gel Enters Clinical Trials (cbslocal.com)
The first clinical trial is underway to test a new male contraceptive that could be a game changer for preventing pregnancy. From a report: "(It's) a combination of two horomones: Progestin, which is the typical horomone that is found in female contraceptive pills, which they put in there to suppress sperm production, to trick the body, and testosterone, which is the male sex horomone so that there's normal circulating levels of testosterone that men don't lose their libido or sexual function or have any changes in mood," said CBS News medical contributor Dr. Tara Narula.
The National Institutes of Health is enrolling about 420 couples to use an experimental gel that has been in development for more than 10 years. If proven effective, it would be the first hormonal birth control for men. The gel is applied to the back and shoulders. Researchers found that testosterone, once absorbed through the skin, stays in the system longer than testosterone taken in pill form does. Male volunteers will use the gel every day for four to 12 weeks.
The National Institutes of Health is enrolling about 420 couples to use an experimental gel that has been in development for more than 10 years. If proven effective, it would be the first hormonal birth control for men. The gel is applied to the back and shoulders. Researchers found that testosterone, once absorbed through the skin, stays in the system longer than testosterone taken in pill form does. Male volunteers will use the gel every day for four to 12 weeks.
No women think they like it. Its fun until a decade or two on when they
1) Discover they are married to someone they don't even like
2) Either don't have kids or have just one spoiled brat who is also dumb as a cinder block because they were to old when they had him/her
3) End up with breast cancer because the did not have any kids.
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Because there is this thing called preference in patients and medical solutions don't always apply the same. Unless you've gone to med school, you're just talking out of your ass.
Apparently the female pill is something that women like because it reduces or eliminates unnecessary menstruation.
I've not known any woman who "likes the pill"- every woman I had a serious relationship would complain about the pill, how it made them gain weight, dropped their libido... etc, etc. I'm sure there are some out there because every woman is different and the pill impacts them slightly differently.
Women (most) don't take the pill because they like the effects- they take it because they don't want to get pregnant, or, because they have painful periods otherwise and so the side effects are just not as bad as having to deal with a painful period.
"That's the way to do it" - Punch
If you really wanted to make it equal, men would have the option to veto an abortion and the ability to give up all parental rights. Babies shouldn't be used as pawns to trap another individual, male or female.
"If I wanted offspring with my genes I could freeze some sperm before."
Those kind of things are very expensive and have very poor probabilities of success alongside high risk of multiples if they do succeed.
Probably the biggest reason is to empower men to control their own reproductive destiny without requiring us to have sex with a condom instead of a partner. If you are not a heterosexual male then you don't know what it is like dealing with some of the females in our society. They will tell you they are taking the pill and then skip it, pretending they got pregnant anyway and they will poke holes in condoms. Hell, a baby crazed female will simply apply inappropriate pressure on a guy who doesn't want kids and essentially force him. For the past 50 years our society has been entirely about empowering women and pretending there is no limit to how much you can tip the scales in that direction while still pretending men are the evil and powerful oppressors.
This gel is just another example. You'll note the application method requires a partner... so you are still subject to your partner knowing you are using it and actually applying the right thing.
The situation is inherently asymmetric because the woman has to carry the baby and the man cannot. Reproduction is never going to be completely fair in all aspects, at least not until the invention of the gestation tank.
They have. There's an app for that. It's pretty effective, but not perfect. And like any birth control, it has to be used correctly. In other words, when it says no fucking, no fucking. Unfortunately, people have difficulty even figuring out how to use a condom reliably, so rhythm methods often don't work so well.
Condoms, the pill, rhythm methods, pulling out... all are quite effective *if used correctly*. The caveat at the end is a big one.
Yes because its totally necessary to provide citations to things that have been given wide enough coverage you could easily google them on the same devices you are currently reading my comment on. Sorry A/C your own laziness does not make my post a troll..
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