I will, but everyone else can go first. That way if there are any nasty side effects that went undetected I can wait until they iron those out. I plan on getting wealthy one day, but not via class action lawsuit.
No you don’t. You can use condoms or get yourself snipped. And if you’re really serious about not wanting children, I’d highly reccomend that you do. I can’t imagine why any man *wouldn’t * want to be **absolutely ** sure that birth control is being used, and used correctly.
Or, for that matter, why any woman wouldn’t want the same. If my man were on the pill, no matter how much I trust him, I’d still use birth control of my own. Everyone should be willing to take responsibility for their own reproductive choices, and I of course have the added incentive of being the one who will actually wind up pregnant should a method fail.
One as queasy as I! I don’t like the thoughts of my girlfriend taking it either (she doesn’t) no matter how many reassuring articles I read about no blood clotting etc
Hell, yes.
I hate everything about condoms, except that they offer some protection.
I would happily take a drug that would allow for more spontaneity, cut out that whole rummaging-around-in-the-nightstand-drawer break, and eliminate the graceful act of knotting up a nasty lubed-up scumbag and trotting it over to the wastebasket, which always seems like a real mood-killer to me.
Redundancy in contraception is a good thing, and unobtrusive redundancies are even better.
I would. What would the majority of men gain by saying they took the pill when they didn’t? If they didn’t take it, then they run a huge risk of getting their partner pregnant. Unless they’re in a serious relationship, I would guess that most men don’t want that to happen.
To amend this a little, I’d still be using condoms if I wasn’t in a serious relationship. But I just don’t think most men would benefit all that much from lying about being on the pill. All that is is a great way to have some kids with women you don’t want to be with.
i would gladly take this whie celebrating such a new medical advance b dancing the jig naked on market street :eek: :eek: :eek:
Seriously tho, this would be a heck ya for me. I do want to say though that I take great offense to those who seem to include getting “snipped” as a method of casual birth control. Even for those who never want to have kids, we are talking surgery here on your genitals, and while I’m sure that percentage wise there is little that does go wrong, there is that risk.
Why not have the woman go get a hysterectomy as well to cover their side? :dubious: I think thats just as absurd…
I don’t think that anyone here was considering it as “casual” birth control. It’s *permanent * birth control, which is appropriate for some people. And a hysterectomy is not the equivalent of a vasectomy, a tubal ligation is.
I’m just wondering, when the pill first came out for women, was it described as having absolutely no side effects as well? 'cause, if so, that statement? not so true…
Back in the days of my misspent youth, I would have taken it. Now, not necessary due to the wife having the factory shut down after the second kid.
No, I would not. Contraceptive pills change body chemistry quite a bit. My wife and I together decided not to use Oral Contraceptive for her, why would I do so?
A Condom in the past and an IUD now. When she wants to get rid of the IUD, I will go for the Snip job. No pills for me or her. Thank you anyway.
Jim
I think it’s the other way around (well, not so much wanting to get a woman pregnant as not caring about pregnancy.) You could probably trust a guy a hell of a lot more if you’re in a serious relationship with him than if you’re not, by the virtue of you simply trusting him more in general.
But picture this:
A guy goes out drinking with his pals, and before he gets too drunk he picks up an also fairly sober woman who shares his enthusaism for casual sex. Things are getting hot and heavy, and she asks him “Are you on birth control?”
He’s not, and furthermore, he’s probably never going to see her again anyway. What are the odds of all guys in this senario saying “No, sorry, let me go buy some condoms?”
It just takes being able tp picture a few men saying “Oh, yeah, of course.” to make a woman wary.
Yeah, condoms. Would you want to have to rub local anaesthetic over your clit before you got laid? :dubious: Or, if you’re in a relationship, do you want to give such a visible sign of mistrust - or what can easily be construed as such?
Casual sex, yes, absolutely. If both partners are smart then they’d both be on their respective meds and us a condom, a diaphragm, and spermicidal foam. Before masturbating. One at a time. In separate rooms. 
But I will cheer your second paragraph to the echo.
Elfin, I definitely see your point. I just think it’s not really correct to say that most guys would say they’d take the pill if they didn’t. Some guys would, sure - so do some women.
a) I would definitely take it were I not already vasectomied. And had such a pill been available, reliable, and affordable I might not have gotten the vasectomy.
b) I would not assume females are going to trust males who say they are on the pill. So? Now men don’t have to trust females who say they are on the pill. This is a good thing. Now it takes two folks who are either reproductively inclined, irresponsible, or uneducated in the ways of contraception for a pregnancy to occur.
Well, OK, maybe a state full of stupid buttheaded pharmacists could be a contributing factor, I guess…
Hey, nobody *likes * condoms. And I’m not saying that you *shouldn’t * take your partner’s word, just that you don’t actually *have * to. One would hope that a relationship would be sufficiently trusting that you would (and could!) take your partner’s word for it. However, if there were any doubt in my mind, I’d prefer the appearance of mistrust to the appearance of unwanted children.
Thank you. Seems like common sense to me, but I never cease to be surprised at how many people are willing to place their lives in someone else’s hands and hope for the best.
Two years ago I would have given an enthusiastic YES! But since I’ve had a vasectomy, there’s no need.
Oral contraception? I was involved in an extremely good example of oral contraception a couple of weeks ago. I asked a girl to go to bed with me…
…and she said no.
(Thank you, Woody Allen.)
Oh, and to answer the OP: Yes, absolutely.
I’d take it. Is it out in Canada?
I’d take it, assuming no weird side-effects, that is. If there are weird side-effects, I’d use a condom or remain celibate.
I think this is great. My last girlfriend took all the responsibility as far as birth control went. She used the patch, but would also tell me when she was ovulating so I could wear a condom. Still, I would’ve liked to have had an option so that I could do my part. If she were to have wound up pregnant, running away would not have been an option.