It looks as if someone may have finally found a male contraceptive method that works based on a combined hormonal treatment. Preliminary results show good success with minimal to no side effects.
So, guys of the SDMB, would you use it or leave it to the women to worry about this aspect of sex and reproduction?
Women of SDMB
If this turns out to be a viable form of birth control would you trust your partner(s) to be using it? This of course assumes more of a casual sexual relationship rather than a long-term/married relationship where you could presumably be more confident of your SO doing what they say they will do.
BTW: Don’t talk about condoms for the purposes of this discussion. I know that in casual sexual relationships this form of birth control makes the most sense to avoid other nasties (diseases) but it defeats the gist of this post.
I would never use an artificial method of birth control. The Church condemns it and I don’t believe that the course of nature should be changed arbitrarily. That’s why I had a vasectomy.
You seem to be on this board a lot, so it would seem to me that you must have read at least one of tc’s previous posts. He is never serious. (See the Klystron v. Magnetron advice in the switchable microwave door thread.) He uses the SDMB as his own personal stand up comedy stage.
in a heartbeat i would take it. Anything I could do to prevent waking up in the night to WWWWWWWAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!!! WWWWWWWWWWWAAAAHHH!!!
but in a casual bar, pick the girl up and take her home for some fun type situation? The ladies should trust no one, but i think(hope) everyone would agree on that
Only one of Paraboy’s wonderful traits is his level of responsibility. Higher than mine, and I take these things Very Seriously.
Logically, I know that he would be perfectly trustworthy about taking it, and that the Male Pill would be a perfectly acceptable choice.
HowEVER…I have this HUGE visceral reaction against it. The little alien would be growing in MY belly if anything went wrong. I just couldn’t, somehow, put my body in such a vulnerable position.
Both taking it sounds like a better idea.
What about you, guys? Doesn’t making yourself vulnerable to unintentionally becoming a father bother you in a nagging sort of way? Do any of you in straight relationships think about that, watching your SO pop her Whoopie Pill?
I’ll let y’all boys out there use it for a while first, then, if you’re not gasping for air, dying of some type of cancer, writhing in agonizing burning pain in unmentionable areas, and not having any suicidal tendencies where you haven’t had any before, and if you don’t start growing breasts, i’ll start using it gladly.
I agree that both men and women should take a controceptive pill. Men should be willing to contribute to birth preventative as much as women. Besides, the more protection the better IMHO.
Absolutely. My spawn already roams the earth, so I don’t NEED to reproduce anymore. I know that some of you, for sure, would say that the one is too many
Wow, Mr Cynical. Is he roaming the earth already? What a precocious child.
OP aside, I think this would be a great thing for married/monogamous couples. Even if the woman is usually on the pill there is some risk. It can be less effective if she is taking antibiotics and there might be some times when she would be better off not taking it temporarily (like during breastfeeding). Having a safe, easy backup would be nice.
I, for one, would NOT take it; mainly for the same reasone I wouldn’t get a vasectomy. If you look up the word virility in a dictionary (at least a Random House dictionary), you’ll get two definitions: 1. The ability to conceive, and 2. Masculinity.
In my mind, the two are closely linked, and I feel that giving up one would at some level mean giving up the other as well (I don’t care to give up either, really). Don’t argue with me on this. I’m sure that you guys out there who’ve had vasectomies are as manly as ever, but vasectomies and this new pill just aren’t for me.
