Male Birth Control

I have a general dislike for pills. The only pill id take is a tylenol or maybe an aspirin. Heck even if I have the cold I just lay on my bed and wait it out. So besides my dislike of pills it just seems wierd and a little creepy to me to take something that will change the way my body work (sperm). Im not saying it shouldn't be done but to me its just (shudders).
 
I'd probably take it. Condoms APPARENTLY aren't as reliable as their supposed to be. Otherwise there wouldn't be a few thousand pregnant teenagers. And as for any sense of feeling less manly, I'd rather have non working sperm than having a kid and not having a job. Besides, it's probably less expensive than getting a vasectomy. I don't have to worry about this though. I was born with a natural birth control, it's called being repulsive to women. :sad2:
 
Deadpool said:
Condoms APPARENTLY aren't as reliable as their supposed to be. Otherwise there wouldn't be a few thousand pregnant teenagers.
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They most definitely aren't, take it from me.
Men definitely need some better birth-control options. Women have a lot, but men basically have either the condom (which sucks) or a vasectomy (which is a bit too permanent for a lot of people), and I reckon it needs to be used on both sides to be effective, just in case.
 
Dishy said:
They most definitely aren't, take it from me.
Men definitely need some better birth-control options. Women have a lot, but men basically have either the condom (which sucks) or a vasectomy (which is a bit too permanent for a lot of people), and I reckon it needs to be used on both sides to be effective, just in case.
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In High school we had sex ed day, and one speaker said that condoms are 85% reliable. you may think, well that's like a B in school. But if you were to have sex 100 times and the condom was only effective 85 of those times... yeah not good enough for me. You also have to use them correctly which I think a lot of teens do not do. Plus they think the withdraw method is a good idea not taking into consideration pre cum.

But I've always heard that two forms of birth control is best, because very few forms of birth control can be considered 100% effective. (abstinence, surgery, though even those are not always reliable if you get into the heat of the moment or your doctor sucks)
 
I guess I can't really be bothered. If there are female contraceptives, surely there has to be male ones as a form of equalizer? Though, I guess as a matter of fact, I'd rather be using condoms rather than to use those pills.
 
Male Birth Control...Would You Take It?

This has been a topic for awhile now...male contraception.

Here's a bit of an older article I found...citing how a male contraceptive might work and why it is taking so long to be made:

"The birth control pill turns 50 this month. And yet, even though scientists have been working on a male version for just as long, there's still no pill for men. So, what's the hold-up?

"Men make 1,000 sperm every second," said John Amory, a male reproductive specialist at the University of Washington, Seattle. "It's proven to be a lot more difficult to turn that degree of production off compared to one egg a month."

Despite the challenges, experts say that men are closer than ever to having the option of a hormonal contraceptive.

"We know it works," said Christina Wang, a male reproductive biologist at the Harbor-UCLA Medical Center and Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute. "We just need support to make sure it gets to market so people can use it."

When the birth control pill gained FDA-approval in May 1960, it offered a whole new level of reproductive control and freedom for women. With some combination of the hormones estrogen and progestin, the pill works by shutting down signals from the brain that tell the ovaries to release eggs. Without ovulation, pregnancy can't happen.

A male hormonal contraceptive, when it becomes available, will operate in much the same way: using testosterone and probably progestin to stop the testes from making sperm.

It's a big job. A single ejaculation contains between 100 million and 500 million tiny swimmers. Already, trials have produced promising results."

http://news.discovery.com/human/male-birth-control-pill.html

So ...when whenever we do get a male contraceptive on the market...would you be willing to take it? Or do you think the whole idea of birth control should be entirely up to the woman?

I personally think birth control should not just be the responsibility of a woman. I wish there were more options out there right now besides condoms for men...but maybe someday there will be. Of course male contraceptive won't protect against STD's...but they are a start for men to be able to take more responsibility in their sex lives.
 
Personaly I dont see why a man shouldnt take birth control even if you feel emasculated.
Why should women take all the damage?
I have an odd belief about birth controll pills in general. I out of a group of ten females(we where all friends) along with one other girl where the only ones who didnt get uterus polups/cysts.
These 8 girls took birth control pills and me and the other girl didnt(we are alergic) The only reason I think birth controll is unhealthy for females if because of this. How can 8 girls with no family history of this have the same problem? Granted they all werent at once,it was over a span of 10 years, but after the last girl I realy started thinking about this as a possibility.
I think a condom is probably the safest method of birth controll anyways its a better preventative method of getting STD's more than a pill or a shot.
 
Men can get vasectomies, which is a simple, outpatient procedure and is reversable. I think this is better than birth control pills because you needn't worry about taking them everyday or the side effects that go with them.
 
I don't think a pill for guys is going to be too helpful. Because it would have to be taken before rather than after. You'd have to be supremely self confident to take a pill on the off chance that you might get laid, and there's a probability or perhaps a certainly, of side effects. It's much easier to put a condom in your pocket/wallet anyway. And there's a trust issue too, I'm not too sure most women would be happy to believe a guy if he says he's taken a birth control pill, especially if they aren't going to see each other again.
There's obviously problems with condoms as Rydia pointed out, though I think the success rate is higher than 85%. Also some people think you just stick it on, though in their defence no one really has time to read them if they're about to have sex.
People in stable relationships generally find some way that works.
 
I don't see the point. Women have birth control already and condoms are just as well, though minutely less effective. We have no excuse to take the pill. It's not like it helps with our period or anything :p and I don't want to have any potential side effects.

Plus, vasectomies work very well for husbands or guys that, for whatever reason, wish to be infertile.

Even if one was made, I wouldn't take it.

Edea said:
Personaly I dont see why a man shouldnt take birth control even if you feel emasculated.
Why should women take all the damage?
I have an odd belief about birth controll pills in general.
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Wow, bitchy comment. A lot of women take birth control because it helps with their periods. Men taking it would be for no reason but to not get a girl pregnant. So, it actually makes more sense for a woman to take it, sexually active or not. And it's odd that you wish ill on guys and want them to "take damage" from the pills that you don't like anyway?
 
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Until a girl turns up on your door step and says hey, remember when we had sex, didnt use protection and you thought I was on the pill?

If I was a man I'd be paranoid to fuck about getting some bint up the duff, especially if I put it about

Id never like to lose that control though, Ive probably said earlier if i was with someone, theres no way id trust him to remember to take the pill. Fuck that, Id be wringing his neck if I got the , oh but honey, I only missed the one
 
What Kelly said.

A lot more women take it as actual birth control rather than to control periods, that's just an add on. And men aren't as gun ho about condoms as you'd like to think. If I had a nickle for everytime I heard the excuse "Well I don't like condoms, I can't feel shit..." :wacky: You're a lazy selfish breed, y'know.

I think that if men had the option to go on a pill, it makes it easier, as well as ess likely to get anybody pregnant.
 
Personaly I dont see why a man shouldnt take birth control even if you feel emasculated.
Why should women take all the damage?
I have an odd belief about birth controll pills in general.
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The way I see it, the man puts in there, the woman spreads 'em. Both are guilty as charged if a baby pops out.
The only obligation for men or women who do not wish to have children is to be safe about it. I don't understand how a certain gender is 'taking all the damage'. If one doesn't like birth control, then one should stop having unprotected sex.
 
I have no idea why someone would feel emasculated for taking a sperm-killing pill. Especially if you still had ejaculate. I dunno, I just never considered my self worth and masculinity hinging on my virility.

I wouldn't mind taking a pill, especially if it was as available as the female form (though Planned Parenthood looks like it's on the way out in some places, so there's no telling how long that'll last). My girlfriend and I already go overkill with contraceptives (spermicide, condom, pill) since neither of us want children. I suppose that makes us a bit irregular.

I figured the idea would be more popular, given how many guys hate condoms. Personally, I don't really mind them.
 
Sum1sgruj said:
The way I see it, the man puts in there, the woman spreads 'em. Both are guilty as charged if a baby pops out.
The only obligation for men or women who do not wish to have children is to be safe about it. I don't understand how a certain gender is 'taking all the damage'. If one doesn't like birth control, then one should stop having unprotected sex.
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It's not often I agree with you, so this is a monumental moment for me :wacky:

But yeah, it is the responsibility of both partners and if she isnt on the pill and he doesn't wanna use condoms and they risk it well... dont be fucking shocked if a pregnancy is the result. IF there was a male pill available and it was safe etc (the side effects of the pill can be as long as your arm and just as shit) I dont think the male population should write it off. I just wouldnt take it on face value that a guy that i was seeing or about to get jiggy with was actually taking it daily like hes supposed to, afteral, its me thats gunna wind up with a bun in the oven

I think folk try to pass the buck too much, ohhhh well, I thought she was on the pill. Ask before, not after, dick ed - sure she should have said, but can you really be too careful about this shit?

It happens so often all because people have the mindset, ohhh it wont happen to me but it does.
 
Well, personally, I have to add a disclaimer to any post I may begin on this subject. I have to say that any birth control applied to myself is a crime against nature. Nine out of ten scientists agree that it is imperative that people such as myself pro-create MORE, to ensure the continued evolution of the human race. The theory behind this is that eleven out of tens such as myself produce babies with a greater chance of being eleven out of tens themselves. Now, you may wonder about the opinion of those one out of ten scientists who don't agree. Well, they were unavailable for comment at the time of the survey. Unconfirmed reports suggest that they were trying to conceive eleven out of tenners ... Now, birth control. It doesn't really matter, does it? It's all about stopping these horrible little ugly children that the majority of people produce from coming into the world. It doesn't matter who's using it as long as we continue to prevent these three and four out of tens from being conceived and born. Any men who are reluctant to use this need to look at themselves in the mirror and man up. Going around, sticking your dick in where it doesn't concern you, then refusing to take responsibility for your actions is not something you can do any more. Shared responsibility. Equal rights, equal wrongs. The fewer 'accidental' sprogs leaping out from between the legs of unqualified mothers, the better. So, equip your dick, fellas (okay, okay, it doesn't work like that, but that's not my point. I was just trying to throw a slogan out there, yeah?).
 
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