I love the potential that comes with male birth control.
The desire to avoid getting pregnant may be female specific, but the desire not to have children by accident ought to be universal. If male birth control becomes available, we can start to move toward a model where all sexually active people that aren't looking to have children see it as a personal responsibility to ensure they don't. And, if both a man and a woman were on birth control and started dating exclusively, they could discuss whether or not both of them wanted to remain on birth control, and potentially make the decision to split the cost of one person's birth control.
Equity is sexy.
love, jessi
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It's a neat development, although I'm just as concerned with hormonal treatments for males as for females. The more safe options the better, but we should always be concerned about safety. My guess is that it won't take off as long as it is in injection form, but it has a lot of potential.
As a side note, my old roommate has a blog about the negative effects she experienced from hormonal birth control. http://windfriction.wordpress.com/
This isn't to say that hormonal efforts are wrongheaded. I use a hormonal method for various reasons, though I'd prefer having more options. I just wish that there were (1) more male birth control methods, and (2) more non-hormonal methods to choose from for persons of either sex.
without having done any scientific research...
for me, its been more about finding a hormonal method that works with me. i've been on the nuva ring, the patch, tri sprintec, and i now have the paraguard iud.
nuva ring was perfect, and i loved it absolutely to death. but my copay went up to $50
the patch was decent, but i hated that big gobs of lint were stuck to the edges of it by the end of the week- it was just gross. and my copay went up to $25
tri sprintec sucked and killed my sex drive. i also sucked at remembering it. but it was affordable.
the iud is cool because i never have to worry about it, but it has made my cramps pretty bad, and my periods a little longer and heavier. i do like that its cost effective and environmentally friendly. and actually, i guess it is non hormonal (go figure)
but yeah. i guess i think birth control is a struggle, but a very worthwhile one. and i think guys should be equally responsible for it.
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