After decades of attempts to develop new birth control medications for men, scientists are more hopeful than ever. With new abortion restrictions, demand is growing, experts say.

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    2626 days ago

    Such a weird argument. Look beyond that one use case.

    In my case, I, a male, don’t want kids. I would get this. I’d still use condoms, because STDs. But in the event that they don’t work (because it can happen), at least I know that I won’t get anyone accidentally pregnant. It’s great!

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      26 days ago

      it’s not an argument. it’s a belief

      women = good, men = bad.

      it’s a cultural bias called ‘women are wonderful’ effect. we are culturally biased to think men are bad and women are good.

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        -926 days ago

        It’s a protective response. People don’t generally do what is good for you unless it’s also good for them, especially at a time when ‘emotions’ are running hot.

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          626 days ago

          Sooo you would say that “man wants to get woman pregnant and lies about it” is somehow more likely than “woman wants to get pregnant and lies about it”?

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            -626 days ago

            Man wants to get laid and no condom is pretty common. Woman wants to get secretly pregnant happens.

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              126 days ago

              No, both happen equally often. It’s not “men want to make everyone pregnant and women are saints”.

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                -126 days ago

                Men want to have sex at the same frequency that women want to get pregnant? I’m pretty sure that’s not accurate.

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                  125 days ago

                  Men don’t want to get someone pregnant by having sex with them just as much as women don’t want to get pregnant.

                  You have some preconceived bias on how all of this works. The reality is it’s 50-50. There are scumbag men and there are scumbag women. At the end of the day what you are saying with “oh no we must trust men with a contraceptive now” amounts to “oh no we must trust men not to rape”.

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                    125 days ago

                    That’s not at all what i said, or at least not what i meant. Two people meet, women pulls out condom, man says, “it’s ok, I’m on the gel.”. It’s exactly the same as “I’m on the pill,” or shot or whatever. It’s been my experience that men were fairly likely to just say ok, but i think women would be more questioning of it. Of course that doesn’t take into account stds…