Would You Take This Male Birth Control Pill?
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- čas přidán 22. 05. 2023
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We have already had male birth control for years. It’s called League of Legends.
close, it called Magic The Gathering and has been available for 30 years. The biggest side effect is poor hygiene and a fear of daylight.
goated comment ngl
Bahaha great comment
No it's called pulling out
I hate that I read this comment. It’s so funny that nothing I hear the rest of the day will come close 🥲
I love how the guy has the gull to say " I don't like that it takes 4 to 6 weeks to get your boys back to market" when women's birth control can take months to wear off, plus serious health risks
Years. It's years. I got off birth control in 2017 and I'm still suffering. Uterine fibroids, heavy heavy periods, it doesn't end.
I wish I never got on the pill to regulate my period. Not worth it.
the truth is most guys dont wanna mess up their hormones even to prevent pregnancy. men dont carry the same level of burden so they dont care as much.
@@thebonniewong - Yea, I hear you. That’s not counting all of the bad reactions women have. My mom once almost bled out from a badly installed IUD. And I had the heaviest period for 6 MONTHS from depo provera shots. And the worse thing was, I told the planned parenthood nurse I was bleeding for 3 months, she said: it’s probably just your body getting used to it, and stuck me with another one for 3 months…
@@reversatire7724then juat don't have sex with guys unless u want kids lol
@reversatire7724 When I had the arm implant, I bled the entire year and a half I had it in. A never ending period is horrible! We couldn't afford to take it out for awhile. Free to put in $800 to take out at PP. I got anemia, and they still fought me when I wanted to take it out 🙃
“I’m pregnant, it’s yours”
“No tf it ain’t I was on birth control”
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Unironically yes
I got the snip for basically this exact reason...
In my late teens my ex got pregnant due to a broken condom, I was there when she miscarried and it was heartbreaking to see even though she really didn't want the kid.
Once she was settled an I was alone all I could think was "shit I couldn't raise a kid I didn't want to have in the first place" specially not while I was still in education
took till I was 30 for doctors to agree to do it, and tbf I didn't have any accidental pregnancies in that time...
But yeah, the immediate horror of the miscarriage, and the general fear of unwanted pregnancy stuck with me.
You know it 😂
@@patrick-westthat sucks, shouldn't have. Do you regret it?
The real issue in getting a male birth control is in the mechanics of it.
For female birth control you are essentially yoinking away the finishline for the sex cells. You prevent a fertilized egg from implanting into the womb. The egg and sperm cells are not directly effected.
While for males you have to find a way to make his sperm unable to get to the egg cell in the first place without permanently removing the ability from the man's sperm long term.
Yeah plan B isn't very good and their are side effects.
I'm glad I am not the only one that realizes this.
Most "female birth control" does not affect implantation, or to the extent it does, it's a minor effect. (Like, statistically speaking, it's more likely for an egg to be fertilized and the embryo fail to implant in the uterus if a couple is just having sex randomly and no birth control is involved than if the woman is using hormonal birth control.)
Hormonal birth control (including plan B) is formulated with the goal of preventing _ovulation_ , not _implantation._ Preventing sperm production, although it might be more difficult, is pretty analogous to that. (Including the fact that women who stop using hormonal birth control usually need time to regain normal fertility.) Also, all types of hormonal birth control have side effects. But on the whole, the side effect weight is probably lower if you're not on them continuously. (i.e. if you take Plan B once after a condom failure versus being on a daily birth control pill.)
What this comment said about "yoinking away the finish line," is somewhat true in the case of IUDs, but all IUDs currently available have other mechanisms of action that come into play before implantation. (Primarily effecting the sperm or the cervical mucus, which is just as essential as the gametes.) And they're not as popular in the U.S. as hormonal birth control formulated to prevent ovulation.
That's not how the pill works. It just stops ovulation???? 😅
how are you not wondering how it doesn't stop production. More agressive treatments like old plain chemical castration can be reversed. If you took the meds for a long time you may have more lasting effects but overall that is straight up castration and it can be reversed. Why is it so hard to believe this can be reversed too? And how come people are not informed on how female birth control works or how it has big effects on women's hormones? "No, it's fine cause it just prevents implantation and I suppose it harms nothing else but it would harm men!"... what?
Birth control for men needs to be combined with drug that would enhance performance in the bedroom. That would be a commercial success.
And population would slow down marginally.
Edit: I'm not saying it's a bad thing
@@nonsuspiciouscolour good
@@elyeliza8287Yea good. Because population collapse is such a great thing. We are already trending downwards in all of the 1st world. Nihilism is the cowards way
@@Gruso57 but how is having children that are starving. being abused, abandoned, and pretty much being so messed up they end up growing to be horrible people a good thing? i'm not saying stop having any kids at all... i'm saying stop having kids you don't want or can't take care of
@@rachael1479 it's quite unfortunate that society has normalized bashing of the entire male gender.
Yes, there are SOME men who do not take responsibility, just like there are some women who don't, but the majority of men do.
Before I wanted to settle down with children, I wore a condom every time, without exception (literally). After we had the two children we wanted, I got a vasectomy. This was the norm in both my friend and family circles.
On a side note, have you looked at the statistics on unwanted pregnancies and how many result from female contraceptive failure due to improper use? There is a 10% difference between the efficacy of the pill when used correctly and for typical use. Can we make it not "normal" for women to screw up basic instructions. See the problem with generalizing now? It doesn't help anyone.
Waiting 4-6 weeks for your "boys to get back in action" once you decide to have a baby sounds like a good time to think about the minimum 18 year commitment you're about to sign up for.
It's not about that, it's about their "manhood"
Bare minimum but probably going to be way longer than that in this economy.
That's a really good point, actually
You guys do know that IUDs and female condoms exist right?
@@sroy7982 this has to be a joke, you know male contraceptives exist, right
The problem is not with the 4-6 weeks, it's with the "If at all" Male hormonal contraceptives have a relatively high chance of stopping sperm production altogether, forever.
If this was truly the logic behind it, why are there so many birth control pills and alternatives for some. that more than an “if at all” chance of causing genuine permanent damage to its users?
@@mexa_t6534 There are, and it's awful. But women's birth control has gone through decades of improvements and there are a lot of different methods with different side effects. They can work with their doctor to find the right one for them.
It's just disingenuous to focus on the 4-6 weeks when a much bigger reason is still to be solved in these early stages of research.
@@mexa_t6534is English your second language?
as a male, my version of birth control is being rejected by every women I come in contact with. 😢
Mine was playing warthunder so far no one has touched me
@@11Titsthere’s no way i see war thunder mentioned in the comment section of a video about birth control
there’s is truly no way to escape the snail, is there
@@mr.sunmeadow no now you play 2 hours non stop
Good luck king, know that a good woman is out there and I hope you find her, untill then always love yourself and know no matter what you are loved
😂
If you can't wait 4-6 weeks, don't sign up for 18 years 💀
If in asia its 24 years 💀
adoption exist, and there is a shortage of babies to adopt.
@@snuffeldjuretthey're saying if you can't wait 4 to 6 weeks don't have a kid to raise for 18 years, they don't mean you should adopt. But you should adopt don't make a kid
@@RealFemale69 hm, but that makes no sense?
@@RealFemale69 he's answering his own question.
I think 4-6 weeks to get off is not a bad idea. It forces you to stop and think, and means the forgetting to take one doesn’t end really badly.
Its also not that long, there's no reason you would desperately need to produce a kid in 4-6 weeks. Additionally, many female contraceptives have much longer wait times to regain fertility, but no one is complaining about that.
@@rat3015 that's exactly what i was thinking. Like first of all, what scenario will you ever be in where suddenly you need to impregnate someone IMMEDIATELY? And its the norm for female birth control to take a while to wear off.
like you're going to have to wait a maximum of 4 weeks for ovulation anyway if ur trying to have a baby... if you can't wait one month, don't sign up for 18 years
My thoughts exactly, if you need to get someone pregnant sooner than 4-6 weeks then that seems like poor planning.
Honestly? If i were a totalitarian dictator, I'd definitely require everyone to wait 4-6 weeks at least
From my understanding, 'right around the corner' in the medical feild is around 25-50 years
Ik there was one in Australia with absolutely horrible side effects a few years ago like extreme mood swings and even caused someone to take their own life among others, so they stopped the trial.
Bingo! This is the real reason! The male birth control pill trials involved a drug that suppressed testosterone along with lots of testosterone to counteract that....certainly not a simple thing.
Yeah and people turned it into some bullshit men are weak crap, it was really depressing to see
@@foolishlyfoolhardy6004 Because female birth control provides other benefits that are deemed worth it and prevents something that can kill a woman.
@@foolishlyfoolhardy6004 it was much much worse than the female birth control.
female birth control already does all of that.
If you think 4-6 weeks is too long to wait after deciding to have kids, then you're not ready for the commitment of raising children
Yes, you have to wait for 18 years before you do so.
What?
A month to a month and a half ain't bad only question is aren't those made of artificial estrogen or progesterone I remember hearing that somewhere
No one is ever ready
@@jcflores1774you sound exactly like the kind of person that‘ll force minors to bear their children instead of allowing them to abort
Okay but for female contraceptives, it's advisable to not get pregnant for 6 months after you drop them. So a couple months for guys seems like same thing.
And it's also not instantaneous, so there's no need for the male one to be as well.
Exactly my thought!
what are sou trying to say? ditch the better one because it's not equal?
@@lucakun3455 No, just saying that, if we take female contraceptives as an example, they never needed to be a perfect solution to be available.
@@lucakun3455 the better one is the male one in this case so what are u trying to say
I am a huge advocate for male contraception. All we reliably have are condoms or vasectomies. Nothing in the middle.
I don’t think there’s that many guys opposed to it. If there were something available that guaranteed it wouldn’t have any impact on regaining sterility, then I’d be for it.
The issue is that the testes atrophy if they aren’t producing sperm, and that atrophy can cause permanent sterilization. This happens in people on steroids or on testosterone. They have exogenous testosterone, so their body shuts down natural production, which also shuts off sperm production. In a lot of cases, these guys become permanently sterile or need months of treatment to regain some semblance of function. This is probably why researchers are focused on preventing sperm from being motile instead of reducing production altogether.
I'm opposed to the gell thing she was talking about but if we can get the pill and some good long term studies I'm willing to try
Well you could argue that the heat based method is effective, reliable and has great chances or reversal ! It's pretty much unknown but there's already thousands of users right now
@@TheHappyLeperBeaveris the heat-based method clinically tested, with consistent rules?
@@harringt100 There are only 14 small scale studies with 122 participants in total since 1965, but no phase 3 clinical trial, so it's still experimental. So some parameters are still blurry, like reversibility and side effects, however a simple spermiogram can confirm fertility levels, which are obtained my the vast majority of users withi 3 to 6 months. The goal is to go under the 1M sperm cells/threshold, which is considered by WHO to be 99% theoretically effective. Pearl index right now is 0.5 but again, on small scale studies, the best one having only 50 participants for 4 years if I recall correctly, which is still lots of pregnancy cycles successfully contracepted, you could also argue. In terms of number, only a survey interviewed 970 men using it and only 0.6% accounted for un unwanted pregnancy, only because they didn't follow the medical protocol correctly. There are a number of biases in this, and it's still a survey, but still it gives encouraging results and research about it should be pursued. Especially since lots of people are getting on this train every year. The silicon ring mannufacturer said he had its 20.000th client in early 2023. Not every customer that bought it used it, but seeing people buying this are really willing to do it, I think the majority uses it. That + DIY rings, DIY jockstraps, DIY briefs, Briefs used within the studies and all the devices produced for everyone in at least 15 associations/collectives providing this service ... The number is growing and should at the very least be of 10.000 users right now. Something needs to be done I guess.
I have been hearing “the male birth control pill is 2-years away” FOR MY ENTIRE LIFE which started in the 1970s!
As a man, I have been anxiously awaiting this development since before I could actually produce sperm and annoyed anew every time I hear a story about it because they’re clearly working too hard on flying cars and jet packs and NOT hard enough on this vital medication.
They're called condoms
4-6 weeks seems like a ridiculously short time to have a problem with. That's not even two months.
The weird thing is, that's how long women have to be on the pill to be really sure it's working. I was on it for 2 months before my wedding to be safe.
Edit: apparently it only takes a week. Still, if you're trying to get pregnant, you're working with someone whose fertility works in monthly cycles anyways.
That's where the social part kicks in. Men will stop it until it is perfect
Yeah we are very protective of anything and i mean ANYTHING that can effect our nuts
It's instinctual from an early age that damage to that area isn't allowed
@@unk4617 you do know how female contraceptive pills affect a woman’s body, right?
@@stadot1427 no you’re right tho! gynecologists recommend to be on the pill for at least 2-3 months to get their body used to the schedule in order for it to be as effective as it needs to be (taking into account not everyone is perfect and may miss a pill)
Married for half a year and would gladly do this if it's safe and not permanent. 4-6 weeks is nothing for making a decision about getting kids. I'm not going to be like - I must get them now. There is a 9 month wait from conception anyways 😅
Nothing a Pharmaceutical Company markets is actually Safe ! Be warned. Relatively safe? What’s that ?
@@chrisbraid2907 Take off your tinfoil hat.
@@chrisbraid2907 lemme guess you an anti vaxxer that thinks the people that got jabbed are slowly turning into zombies?
Without pharmaceuticals, the average lifespan would be in the 30's.
@@crazyspace6792 Birth control is a group 1 carcinogen. The artificial introduction of synthetic estrogen and progesterone into the body increases the risk of breast and cervical cancer. Birth control has also been linked to fertility problems due to it's long term continuous use.
4 weeks to wear off is both equivalent to the female contraceptive pill and a much safer option given the likely reliability of most men to take something precisely daily
Not even that, womens bodies take months to regulate after dropping birth control. Its insane and honestly kind of a slap on the face that male contraceptives appear to be so much mellow on men's bodies than female contraceptives that have so many awful secondary effects.
At first I was like, that seems a little sexist. Then I thought about how often I take my medicine and I was like… welp accurate 😂
Medicines should never be used as a birth control. They interfere with bodily functions causing long term damage.
Any kind of method that affects reproductive cycles in both males and females should never be used.
Always use condoms.
Bro. I forget to take my meds half of the days.
Anyone can take shit everyday. If you can shower or brush your teeth everyday (which i hope you do), you can take a pill everyday.
I can’t even begin to imagine the side effects
No children
@@baileyjerman5573 forever
They're probably not worse than woman's birth control side effects
have you read the packet of side effects for female birth control?
@@delululemon123 Yeah thats why men shouldn’t have birth control either
I honestly understand any man or woman not wanting to use pills because the side effects sound wild
Who would have guessed taking pills to purposely fuck with your fertility would have severe side affects.
And because of male birth control in the past making men go sterile there's always going to be men that don't want to use it
Yea I wouldn’t even want my girl taking female birth control cuz taking a pill to fuck up ur hormones so u don’t get pregnant is just wild. I’m not tryna recompose her body so that she can’t give birth anymore, even if it’s just a temporary thing, cuz then it would just take away from what she was born to do
i want those women pregnent
Pregnancy is often worse than these side effects tho. We just put that onus on women to suffer those side effects because they also suffer pregnancy. It's not about side effects it's about our culture's perception of women.
Petition to make Cleo's voice the default Google assistant, siri, and Alexa voice.
Use me as the sign button.
THIS FOR REAL!! Then I would listen
if only I could click like more than once...
No hate or anything but there are alot of good voices out there, currently there's this petition going on by Mrwhosetheboss's fans. He even said that to Google's CEO.
@@ans42131 I want his too
Not even default. Just as an option
Honestly, i think women got the short stick on this. They got stuck with either taking pills that completely mess with their mood and health or relying on a clunky condom (i've never tried the female condom, but god its weird)
I would definitely take a pill myself. I had a girlfriend that was a really nice person but having sex with her was a bit stressful. She would refuse to let me wear a condom and she also can't take the pill because it causes her to become depressed. Like for real.
I had to be extra aware with the whole thing, which meant I couldn't enjoy it fully. If i could take a pill that would be effective for the next couple of hours, it would be a lot more enjoyable for both of us
Females have 11 options for contraception while males have 2.
Her body her choice means that males routinely have the reproductive choices of others forced upon them.
Underage male rape victims still have to pay their adult convicted rapists child support for 17/18 years, if she gets pregnant.
I think this stick has more than one short end!!
Or IUDs. Which don't usually have many side effects (do stop your period which is nice) besides insertion pain 😅
I'd fight for the condom part if possible
Or maybe, get this, have sex with people you actually love, and not just for one night stands
That's why men need more birth control options.
But they don't come because societal demand from men isn't there. We don't demand birth control, we're simply waiting for it. Women didn't wait for it in the 60-70's, and god knows the birth control options back then were shit compared to the new generations of pills and IUDs for example.
But right now, more and more people are trying to tackle this problem by using heat. Heat based method is efficient, reliable, little side effects and a very high chance or reversal.
It's not perfect, but at the same time waiting for a perfect mal birth control is what's been holding us the last 50 years, so maybe we should quit expecting the fantasy to become true and actually join women in the trenches.
As a male myself, having make birth control would be a whole lot easier. For one-time flicks, there's no worry about it the other person has the pill, and for when you're getting serious, you can still fool around until if you decide on a child
It makes a lot of sense. One man can potentially impregnate an endless amount of people, one woman can only get pregnant once (on the rare occasion, twice) at a time. I can't imagine having to depend on anyone else to prevent a pregnancy, that's a lot of trust to give, especially for a one night stand. I'd have sooo much anxiety about sex if I was a dude. I couldn't do it. It'd be so wonderful if they widened the options a bit.
Try not having sex
@@deathbloom27 especially now that they're banning abortions in what used to be first world countries, meaning it's not only dangerous for the men, but life-altering for the women. It's all going to shit, but this could help reduce the impact of that
@@teo2157Im sure u dont even have to try
for one-time flicks, I strongly recommend the kind of contraception that protects you both from STDs
Why is it bad if it takes 4 to 6 weeks to be fertile again?
Shouldn't having children be a planned thing...?
It's a headspace thing...lame
Yeah but I just found out I'm dying of the rare genetic disorder. I only have 72 hours to live and I have to get my wife pregnant now!!!
@@twinkitwinki if I had a rare genetic disorder that surely kills people right after it shows any symptoms I wouldn't want a child who could live through the same. Personally.
@@twinkitwinki it clicked.
@@scufffest 🤣❤️
I once proclaimed at a social thing that of course I would take a male birth control pill, and a female friend who worked for a big pharma company said: "a male birth control pill would never get through any get okay'd. I said: "because it's for men?" And she said:"No, because the female birth control pill would never be approved if it where invented today ; the risks and side effects would be completely unacceptable"
From what I've heard it's also way more complicated to reach hypogonadism for male (blocking sperm production) than it is to block egg production. You basically have to nuke testosterone down so much so that you kinda end up being a grandpa before your time.
Disclaimer: I'm no hormone expert
The only reason that there isn't a pill for men yet is because they haven't found an effective option yet. The female pill if used correctly is 97% effective and mimics natural cycles that the female body already experiences. For men their is no natural cycle to take advantage of. From puberty till death the barracks keep producing commandos on the order of 200 million sperm per day. That is roughly 140,000 every 60 seconds. Compare that to women producing 1 egg per 28 days and still female pills are only 97% effective. If we assume that it takes 5 minutes from the time a man salutes until he releases the troops, he has already produced an additional 700,000 solders in that time and if the male pill is only 97% effective like the female version that is still 20,000 viable sperm snorkeling their way to the target. It only takes 1 sperm to make it to the egg. Or in other words there are legitimate reasons that science hasn't found a reliable male pill yet. It isn't some kind of conspiracy targeting women.
As a pharmacist I can state that there are drugs approved by the FDA on a regular basis solely for social and political reasons. The covid 19 vaccinations are a perfect example because they were not required to go through the usual review steps and we will not know for years longer if they are safe or not. Just to be clear I am not against the process used to bring them to market just stating that we don't have all the data yet and will not have it for years to come.
@@Miam_miam_la_gauffre yeah that's why they opt for other solutions, like mechanically blocking the ability of sperm to move (like in this short), kinda like "tying" the sperm cells
@@Miam_miam_la_gauffre You're obviously not an expert since you don't know women don't "produce" eggs.
By that logic, female contraception would then not be available today anymore.
No?
"And...time. Let's go baby, we have only two hours until I regain fertility"
Me watching this very intently like I wasn’t gay.
NOONE CARES
@@bruhbruk4568 who’s Noone
@@DisneyWishNov22 homosexual try not to beg for attention challenge (impossible)
Lmao well it is an interesting development so makes sense to care even if you personally don't need it
@@bruhbruk4568 people make these types of comments all the time, silly:3 just because this one is about gayness doesn't make it different from the others!! And I actually find them pretty fun, cause a lot of the time I can relate LOL
There are downsides to using birth control pills for women. I’d expect the male version to have similar problems interacting with the body. I think both need to be reworked.
honestly most of the male birth control methods seem _way_ less bad. it's ridiculous that we have so many shitty female birth control methods and no decent reversible male ones
Yeah, but majority of the female birth control problems like pills are due to the complexity in terms of hormone and design of female reproductive system, the male one is not so complex, plus females have menstruation and periods, which is another thing, female birth controls usually target the cycles with hormones, and that hormone on hormone affect causes the side effects i think, male don’t have a cycle, so the side effects would be less, but male infertility are on rise, and hence its imp to see long term effects which kinda take a long time to test for
@@vedantkadian9684 stupid
@@vedantkadian9684 I've heard that the hormone mix needed to stop male fertility is actually far more complicated than for women.
As far as I know, clinical trials for drugs are designed to weight the downsides of using the drug against not using it. In the case of a person who can get pregnant, it's weighted against the complications of a pregnancy. That's why the hormonal birth control we have available now has do many side effects and it's still considered safe, it's way safer than having a pregnancy.
However, since a person who would use a contraceptive method designed for men wouldn't get pregnant, they wouldn't have the preexisting risks of a pregnancy. In their case a medication that has side effects similar to the ones we have right now wouldn't be considered safe. It would be more "dangerous" to use the contraceptive method than to not use it.
That is to show how flawed the testing system is.
Wait, so men can't tolerate a 4-6 weeks wait? When female birth control pills are like every day over months??
The difference is the injection is long lasting and takes long to start working. The female BC pill takes 7 days to start working and stops providing protecting in 3 days from stopping. So many women in this comment section straight up lying.
Female pills are just female hormones but there is no amount of male or female hormones which can prevent sperm from being in semen just because there are milllions of them
No. And tbh I wouldn't encourage women to take it either. One shall live with the consequences of one's actions.
@@AlLiberali how does one prevent pregnancy? Because studies have shown that abstinence is one of the least reliable methods of birth control.
@@kikijewell2967 Condoms. As a man though, I've honestly considered getting some sperm frozen and then a vasectomy. Not that I'd expect everyone to do that but for me personally I don't see a downside.
i’d probably name it “temporary vasectomy”
As a guy I agree that there should be male birth control and I’m really excited to hear the new research behind it
Maybe rather than a male hormonal birth control, we go with a physical one? I bet that could even help prevent STDs while being highly effective.
I think some people here are forgetting that some men just flat out refuse to use condoms and do not care if the woman gets pregnant. We care, very obviously, since we are carrying the child. That weight isn’t held for the man tbh. Not saying that fatherhood is less for a man, just that pregnancy is a lot more taxing on the women then the men lmao.
Edit: I’m literally just making an edit to tell all the incels to piss off. Shut up about women, you know NOTHING about women clearly.
It is not as simple as you believe. Ever heard of coercion?
Indeed. The quick and easy is sufficed by men by the extremities of no cost. They may eliminate the condom preventing their “pleasures” AND have no duty to tally off their scheduled hour into taking a pill. It is a free game by the free expenses of women.
How about just not having sex with guys who dont care about getting someone pregnant? xD
Then don't have sex with that man...
In some ways parenthood is less on men. To many it is seen as a part time or optional responsibility for men, and a full time, mandatory responsibility for women, even in the cases of many married couples who intentionally conceived, and even more so when there is no commitment to the woman and the pregnancy is accidental.
@@klauskeller6380 Cool, great! When will the glasses get on the market that help you see a guy's entire personally at first glance so we can avoid this mistake?
..... me having been off birth control for a year and still not menstruating... 👀 4-6 weeks sounds fine oh my god
Ahhh... I was there too. But my birth control pill was for hormonal imbalance . Going 1 year without period was unnerving to be honest.
And yet you took the pills willingly. Sounds like slave mentality.
nah that would be amazing mate idk what ur talking about
Really glad to see you (or anybody!) cover this.
I like how much different medications we need to create until we find the one that is almost perfect (most of the times).
The main reason why male contraceptives are not all that easy to make is not really touched here, and it is that to shut down the male reproductive system enough to stop fertility requires an unbelievable amount of hormones.
Female contraceptives work on tricking their bodies into thinking they are pregnant and thus the body does not need to produce the required hormones to allow you to be pregnant. In males it's the same, you need to introduce endogenous hormones to reduce the body's production of those hormones. The issue is is that males make a lot of these hormones. Like...a lot.
Professional male body builders often struggle with fertility issues, but only at the peak of steroid abuse. Those are the levels of hormones you have to introduce to suppress the male reproductive system.
So unless you want everyone to be hyper aggressive, die early from heart attacks, and look like the Hulk, the old method of overloading the body with hormones so that it doesn't produce them won't work for males.
Of course there are other options but that's why the classic male equivilant to the pill does not exist.
Wait so steroids would be legal for sport?
Let's go😂
@@dylanconnolly2665 why would you want that?
@@owenleal It's a joke in not actually serious it's because I do a lot of martial arts and there's a big thing right now about people wanting the UFC to crack down on roids.
Thank you!! A majority of the biggest studies have cited this (endocrine 10.1210 chiefly) as the biggest hurdle in this process and permanent infertility is a huge risk. Can't believe I had to scroll this far to find a comment pointing this out
When science does not agree with their claim, they hate science.
Who the heck needs to be ready to pump baby juice at a moment's notice?? Waiting a few weeks for it to return to normal is perfectly acceptable, don't act like spontaneous insemination is required of you at a moment's notice.
You seriously cant see how pumping a persons body full of weird hormones to stop a normal bodily function, then telling them itll take a month and a half to wear off isnt going to be very appealing?
@teo2157 which... is what a lot of female birth control does. SURPRISE!!!
@@naeviswrlddont take it then
@@naeviswrldand yet nobody forced anyone to take it
@sewerrat and don't expect sex from ANYONE who you have a chance of impregnating if you're not going to be atleast half as responsible for it
one interesting thing i've seen regarding male birth control is that due to how it functions, its taken longer to produce, and because of that the standards that new drugs have to meet have risen dramatically. So much so that despite some contraceptive pills having similar side effects as the female birth control pill, they don't pass, because the female birth control pill wouldn't pass modern standards. and the only reason it hasn't been taken off the market with a push to reengineer it is because that would be a political nightmare.
I love your focus on positive tech it's absolutely refreshing. I thought you were going to mention the social issues and I am really greatful you didnt because highlighting technical issues uplifts my spirits that the reproductive burden will not always be on women. Despite social push back science continues!
Okay but why would a guy really care about “his boys” not being “on the field” for a few weeks. Sure. If you’re trying to have kids… but then you’re not taking this. As a guy, I’m all aboard with them not being “on the field” 😂
Straight up give me a good safe year and I'm in .
Agree. Why would I want to be fertile basically straight after sex? If I'm willing to take these, surely I don't want kids right next day or week. Surely one could wait at least a month.
@@primozledinek8408 Maybe you have many lovers and only want a kid with one of them lol
@@ForburyLion that seems like a very niche problem 😂
Perhaps being temporarily infertile may make a man feel emasculated?
As a guy. I got no problem taking a pill. As long as it doesn’t make me infertile
As a woman I have bad news for you... I take my pill every day to prevent the bloody days and I have no idea what it will do to my body.
Just take a condom :3
It's always a risk.
@@Madison1676 yeah. I just want a child first before that happens
It comes down to plain ol' pragmatism, really. Controlling the birthrate of any population (humans, animals, whatever) is significantly more effective when the methods are applied to the females of the population, not the males. Male contraceptives won't actually have a significant impact, particularly the more partners a woman has. Only one male not using contraceptives is all it would take, while the woman can be pretty sure she won't get pregnant if she uses contraceptives herself
Man’s complaining like he’s gonna want kids and not be able to wait a couple months to have ‘em? That’s wild
name 1 situation where you need to concive a child within 4-6 weeks of deciding you want one
America
HAVE TO BE PREPARED TO IMPREGNATE AT ALL TIMES!
Could be wrong, but I believe women have to wait that long to regain fertility after getting an IUD removed anyway. Hormonal birth controls also definitely have lasting symptoms for weeks, if not a few months, after you discontinue them. That’s just part of birth control/female healthcare men might have to deal with now, too. Crazy.
But the issue is also with the treatment taking 4-6 weeks to be effective. And at those scales there’s an instability of days, meaning it’s better to assume at least 6 weeks to be sure, and that’s the main issue
@@vizender like female birth control (I’m looking at mine that’s a pill) takes 3+ months before it’s deemed effective?
If I remember right, female hormonal contraceptives are so common because female fertility works sorta like a hormonal clockwork. So it's a bit easier to mess with that. Just make it so that the hormone levels look like a different part of the cycle and fool your body into thinking it's not baby time yet (ofc, that has side effects).
With the male contraceptives, it was a bit harder to make it because it's super hard to block the mechanisms there and such, and it has harder side effects because you'd need to shoot down the levels of testosterone so much the guys would end up feeling weak. I don't think the guys were too happy at feeling like a grandpa due to the low testosterone.
You are 100% correct. The female version just lies to the uterus. While the male version of hormonal contraceptives reduce sperm count with the side effect of lowering Testosterone as well, generally by such a large amount that you stop being able to get an erection in the first place, which defeats the purpose of getting it...
this actually makes more sense for men who also have a very reliable hormone cycle, but it occurs every 23-25h instead of monthly
Theres also more anatomical wiggle room for contraceptives for women, at least with current medical techniques. There’s really no equivalent to an IUD for men, as it’s pretty difficult to position a physical barrier to gametes within male reproductive anatomy
The side effects that are acceptable for male birth control also have to be way milder since the relative risk for men is way lower.
@@noha7688no, male birth control makes it far more likely to have a heart attack, like it is actually dangerous.
Frankly, 4-6 weeks to wear off is far less troubling than not effective for weeks beforehand. If you can't wait 4-6 weeks to make a baby, you don't have the foresight or patience to be a good parent.
Sign me up! Tired of the stupid "reasons" they give for not bringing it to market. I want it to take a few days to wear off!
Biggest hurdle they are struggling with, is that almost every male birth control they have explored, that works via hormonal or chemical inhibition, has also significantly increased heart disease rates among test animals.
The sad thing is the side effects are more or less the same for female birthcontroll. But they got licensed in a time with less constrictions so they are legal now. Getting them now on the market would be pretty hard
@@svejobaron the current female birthcontrol are alot better then the male ones under trial, the current male ones are pretty much the same as the original ones that changed the laws on medicine getting to market
I’d like to some test done on humans otherwise it’s hard to say it’s a reliable study
That and the side effects of hormonal control pills causing pituitary issues
@@svejobaron somewhat but not to the same degree as hormonal birth control for men are literally androgenic steroids, and also has long lasting effects on our hormone and may never get the same production ever and have a high chance of being infertile
Dont need it. Being unattractive is the best contraceptive.
MA MAN
Even better, being gay
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@@Suremate... side effect of hell
@@randomestchannel hell doesn't exist lol, use common sense, we're not living in a fairytale, this is real life
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No ma'am. Im saying this as a man, waiting for 4-6 weeks is really not the issue here, infact its a good thing if it takes 4-6 weeks to wear off, so that you dont unintentionally forget a pill and impregnate a woman the next day. The REAL issue here is that regular long term usage of these products have found to terminate fertility in men PERMANENTLY. No matter what aditional benefits you put in those products, No man is going to use that unless they get rid of the true issue here.
yes, but scientists plan on changing this. the goal isn’t to chemically castrate men, that’s what they’re trying to avoid
The biggest issue is that it needs to be 100% effective because if I use it correctly and it fails then I'm not the one who'll end up pregnant.
I mean that’s the case anyway. It always takes two to tango.
I think the trouble is that most of the burden of birth falls on the woman, so it’s more difficult to trust a man who says he’s on birth control. There could be a lot of guys lying about that and then disappearing after the hook up
for a hookup you should be wearing a condom . lol
Ye I guess but I think you should be 100% certain you trust eachother before sex.
Plenty of women who lie about being on the pill. I knew one who had an odd scar on her arm and told guys it was an implant.
@@drewpowell409 Tell that to all the guys who do everything in their power to avoid paying that child support. You have way too much faith in humanity dude.
@@dehydratedwater9000you’re reply is pretty pointless
The big issue, legally, with all male birth control, is that most drug approval processes require the drug to have RELATIVELY reasonable risk. Pregnancy is incredibly dangerous (0.2% mortality rate worldwide), so any female birth control just has to be less risky than pregnancy. Someone else getting pregnant, however, has no risk to the patient, so the risk of side effects is being compared relative to perfect health. If a male birth control pill has a 0.1% chance of giving you mild acne, it has a too high relative risk to be considered reasonable.
Vasalgel is a great contraceptive that is being worked on right now. It can have long term effects like a vasectomy but is a lot more easily reversible.
I am distrustful of the claims that particular attempts male birth control can't or shouldn't be developed because men wouldn't be interested. Not only would a lot of us be interested even with side effects, funny use protocols, or long times to gain or lose effect, but those who do want it are die-hards who will consistently use it and provide the kind of, stable, steady market a new contraception needs even if it's supposedly not as big.
They all know that it would be very popular and in the news. This means that millions of people would start using it when it comes out and the rare side effects will become evident quickly and although a small percentage, it will look significant in the media. Then it will seem unsafe and they will lose the market. So it is probably news companies that are to blame.
@@piraterubberduck6056 Sad, but very good prediction.
@@piraterubberduck6056 Yeah no, if that was the case nobosy would use female bitth control.
Men would absolutely be interested.
@@piraterubberduck6056women contraceptive pills still exist. Even after the uproar. So it will be fine.
"why is there no birth control for men"
Condoms:
«Pill»
Condoms are not 100% reliable
Like at all
Seriously I don't understand literally the most widely used form of birth control is condoms for men...
@@dojohd427there are female condoms too, it’s a false equivalency. by birth control for men they do not mean general contraceptives but pills, which allow for unprotected sex without pregnancy.
@fargoth-ur3363 Condoms for women are used FAR less than condoms for men. Also, I don't care what you define what they mean birth control to be. Condoms ARE and will continue to be the most widely used form of birth control and are almost entirely meant for men.
Dude, I think most men would definitely take male birth control. I mean condoms are effective but like other than that we could get a vasectomy which is permanent
The sad truth is that if me and my wife relied on my resposibility to take contraceptives, we'd be pregnant by now.
The amount of guys I've heard complaining about havijg to pay child support for kids they didn't even want, this would be a great tool to put responsibility in their hands.
dont even get me started on the men who had to pay child support that WERE NOT THEIRS. who also spent years in prison for not paying for another mans child. the woman knew and she still sent him to prison regardless.
@@cooltjh4Yeah, that's horrible. Those men should be recompensated and those women should be arrested for falsely accusing. Although, if you have sex without protection, you should be prepared to take on the responsibility that comes with it.
If you cant wait 4-6 months I'm not sure you have the patience to be a parent 💀
is not even months.. is 4 to 6 WEEKS.. like, is wild he thinks that is "unacceptable"
@@Strawberries1994 what!?!?
Ok does this channel have a lot of bot account commenting?. First the nonsensical comment and then getting the time period so badly wrong.
@@sureshkumar-qw9ny My comment? If I got the time period wrong it's just because I was tired when I watched the video. Regardless my point stands.
@@maxrain4204 "Regardless my point stands" - how?... any samples?... because there is obviously no logic in it. My father is a patient guy, he planned to have just one baby and decided to marry at the right time and have baby at the right time, yet i would nominate him to be one of the worst father and worst husband on this planet. I never saw his face till my 14th birthday, still he does not which know what my education is or where i work, my good side, my bad side, what i like or don't.
Parenting needs patience sure but there is no scientifically proven threshold on time period needed to decide whether to have a baby or not for every couple. If everything coincides to a deg that a couple agrees upon then they could make that decision in a day. You using cheap excuses to hide your true intention is silly and shows you were wrong on the time period not just because you were tired rather you are not confident in your own opinion. And you know it's flimsy.
Am I weird for thinking 4-6 weeks is not a problem AT ALL? I mean…planning for a baby is often done years in advance. My husband and I have had a plan on when to start trying for kids since before we got married.
The problem is every time before it has gone horribly wrong, one trial dropped the sperm count to the point pregnancy would be millions to one, but the issue was getting the number back up and they couldn't making the men near to infertile. The other problem is hormones in another trial testosterone was used and by using it men started to produce less testosterone and they couldn't naturally produce more so they have to be on boosters to remain normal.
"I dont like 4-6 weeks to get ur bois back on the field"
Said in front of women who may be suffering with total irreversable infertility due to their birth control
"My version of birth control is dangerous and ineffective, therefore yours should be the same"
male actually caring about their health in a world where male fertility is on crisis is now seen as bad...
@@Yoshi-wt4lg yes and women do to, but somewere forced to get on the Pill. Due to parents or messed up period. You wont die if the boy wont be on the field for 4-6 weeks.
@@Leyaxz i wont die, but who knlws hlw many side effects would it have on future kids. You know, birth control in male directly affect the cells producing sperm. In women, in only affects the delivery of the cells. So it has way more effects on fertility just based on principle alone. I wouldnt trust it in any way.
The answer is simple, for both men and women. Stop having sex lmao why is this so hard
I'm okay with the 4-6 week wait for sperm production to restart, provided the symptoms of the drug aren't too bad. Considering what women go through, the aim should be at least _somewhat_ lesser side-effects than what they are going through. If they succeed at that, then there's potential for everyone to win. The emphasis will finally be off women when it comes to birth control AND they can perhaps finally stop taking those horrible meds too. And men will be _far_ more willing to take the birth control pill if it has fewer or less severe side-effects than the female version - otherwise it's going to be a huge struggle convincing men to give the pill a try. Seeing what women go through is enough to put us off as it is, and we don't even have the full picture - just what we witness and what women will actually describe, which I don't think is everything (I could be wrong though?).
The side affects are the exact opposite making it closer to the same feeling it's more the amount of time until it's effective.
It's for the best that we have birth control pill for males too.
It would be a highly welcome addition.
I hope we have one
the issue arises with side effects like what else is it doing. like unfortunately it might have huge effects on regular hormone production
I absolutely would! I'm 33, and for literally half my life I've been waiting for male birth control. I've even tried to get myself into clinical trials of a few, but been rejected because I haven't had kids already. That's the whole damn point! I'm living child free and don't want kids, and would also love to help science figure out male birth control. So insane. We could have Vasalgel already if we'd get our shit together as a society.
I really need to write to the Paresumus Foundation because I still can't access their dog and baboon studies. Really wanting to see them.
Look up Marthe Voegeli, short story is bathe your nuts in sith bath 45min that is about 43-47 celsius (you need to look up farenhet yourself) once a day for 3 weeks, after that you are sterile for 3-4 months, repeat every 2-3 months to stay sterile. If you wanna get babies after 3-4 months you get a few weeks with bonus supersperm and extra high fertility
Well we have condoms for now.
Funny enough. The reason it’s taking so long is arguably because we now have our shit together. Because ethics are being applied to these studies and since they take into account the risk vs rewards for this, the risk being side effects, the reward being avoiding pregnancy. Which is hard because since males can’t get pregnant any side effects can’t be justified ethically according to their guidelines because the benefit isn’t for the males in these studies. Heck, the only reason we have so much on women on birth control is because those were done before ethics were rigorously applied and were every exploitative.
@@iliketurtles511 exactly, I'd recommend women avoid using birth control pills. Especially younger women going through puberty, it's shocking it's so acceptable to take things that fuck with your hormones so much, people should be taking less of these things not suggesting we make more.
Birth control for women have to be taken daily and have much more than a 4-6 week period for it to wear off. If the standard is that it has to be similar to a condom where you take it right before sex we might have to reconsider how men perceive sex
That's not true. Birth control pill for women thickens the wall cells which leads to eggs not being produced. If you stop it it lasts for 2-3 days. That's why it's recommended to take it everyday at the same time.
I feel like women make up these arguments in their head to create some sort of perceived injustice.
birth control does *not* take 4-6 weeks to wear off!! except for the depo shot, you can get pregnant immediately after you stop taking birth control. skipping the pill 3 days in a row (excluding placebo days) leaves you vulnerable to pregnancy for 7 days after you start taking it again, that’s how quickly it wears off
Hmm 1 dont have sex 2 if she can delete it he can leave it.
@@johncrowley3322 you are problablematic.
@@fixsationon7244 true though.
The thing that is always glossed over in conversations about contraceptives are 1. There is not one that is 100% effective 2. There are no chemical contraceptives yet developed without long term negative physical/psychological side effects.
Everything i previously stated is inaccurate, there is one form of contraception that works 100% of the time, it has been around for centuries, doesn't cause hormone imbalance, and has no negative side effects. You want to know about this miracle contraception? Abstinence.
If you dont want kids dont partake in a ritual powerful enough to produce life. Promiscuity, and a disregard for the value of abstinence are the only reasons people want birth control. Both of which are very harmful in any society.
It truly seems like the tenants of modern feminsm were written by a sleazy dude who wanted to sleep with as many women as possible. Instead of arguing whether we should be murdering unborn children, we should instead prevent the conception of unwanted children. Stop sleeping with men who you do not want to father your child.
Its better to have a gun with blanks then risk a shot at a bullet proof vest
As a male I say yes. But I am 40 and have zero interest in kids so I am just doing the ol'Snipity Snip and never going to worry about it again.
vasectomy ❌
Snipity Snip ✅
Then don’t speak for us. I am older than you and still want children and keep myself fit and healthy. Stop speaking for other men if it doesn’t apply to you
@@gregoryashton when did he say he wants you to take birth control? He just mentioned that some men like himself want more options
@@gregoryashton He's not speaking for every male...geez
@@gregoryashton speak for yourself, I want this man to speak for me (he wasn't, by the way, speaking for anyone except himself).
Every single option that has been tried has been left with men disliking the "irritability" that it causes.... While women have to deal with the risk of blood clots because a man being irritable is worse 🙄
"Irritability". Good job leaving out the part that when tested the pills caused subjects to get depression, and one guy killed himself. Not to mention the FDA wont accept it unless there's zero side effects.
Pro tip: don't use it, no one is forcing you
@@sawsent I know you’re thinking that you’re clever by oversimplifying a situation that actually doesn’t affect you but societal norms is for birth control to be forces Women and children, it was pushed on me at 13. I know you’ve never experienced that and you think it’s fun to punch down but you’re just looking like a terrible person over here. Grow up and learn some perspective.
@@sawsent some people be lacking brain cells.. as if iuds and condoms don't exist
@@sawsentpro tip: maybe don’t assume you know everything about a given subject. Some people need to take the pill for health reasons, whether it be in relationship context or not.
Crazy how they're taking painstaking time to have as few side effects as possible. Women just had to suffer till it got better lol. Damn
The best one is actually the balls bath which has been used in animals for years and doesn’t need any hormones or chemicals but simply works by waves
The main issue is that all drugs that actually work have side effects, and the FDA's approval process always weighs the risk of the drug vs. the risk of NOT taking the drug. For females, this means that the risks of birth control are weighed against the risks of pregnancy. Since pregnancy is very high risk, even severe side effects can get approved. But for males the risk of not using birth control is essentially non existent medically speaking, so approving anything for it never manages to pass the FDA's requirements.
Obviously a lot of males don't agree with the way the FDA is handling this, but this is in fact the reason. It's not just that some dudes in the clinical trials were babies about it, it's that ANY side-effect at all is likely to be too much for the FDA to accept when the alternative is side-effect free.
What we would probably like the FDA to do, is to look at the effects of a dug on public health in a more wholistic way. The drug may have side effects for users, but if those users choose to accept those risks it could lead to better outcomes for not just the users but for others. Furthermore, the risk of pregnancy may not directly effect the health of a male - but it can still impact their life in a lot of ways that can also effect their health. There's also the aspect of choice: Many things that the FDA doesn't approve of (like weed) are still desired by many people, and it's questionable whether or not the FDA should really be able to ban something that so many people want and would choose even knowing the side effects. It may be better if the FDA simple had other classifications for substances that it considers dangerous, but that provide a significant utility and could be used by an informed adult.
I'm glad you mentioned this. I'm surprised it wasn't covered in the video.
not really. its that there is no biological “switch” to turn off the male reproductive system. females do have that switch when they get pregnant which is what birth control mimicks
Pregnancy may affect women but the baby is conceived because of men and women. So who gets pregnant is irrelevant, birth controls that have severe health risks should not be approved.
@@happilyevernever4289you didn’t read the comment
Someone else pointed this out, but the male birth control pill would need an absurd amount of hormones to actually work. Or at least in the classical sense of birth controls. It’d basically be like taking an pretty big amount of steroids, which isn’t a good thing.
My sister had a genuinely disturbing amount of bruising, couldn't do even simple tasks after getting the shot and didn't get her period back until almost a year after stopping it. That's not some abnormal thing either, it's expected.
Thats absolutely not expected at all.
@@joeycampbell940 it’s a common side effect so it is expected.
I’m here for 4-6 weeks before they are back I don’t want kids I didn’t plan on
Your videos are addictive!
There is male birth control. It's called condoms.
Thank you.
But theres a chance it could rip, not 100% safe
@@aqvanii Birth control pills aren't 100% effective either. At least with condoms you also protect yourself from any diseases.
@@Qubosal birth controls may not be 100% effective, but still more effective than condoms
but fair enough with the diseases, didnt think abt that
@@aqvanii If you want guarantees in medicine then I have bad news for you.
4-6 weeks seems like a good amount of time to REALLY think if You want and can bring life to this world
Ridiculous. Any man may claim he is on "birth control" and she suffers the consequences.
it's still better to have the option though ???
In Denmark, where I live, we’re wanting for a drug to do the opposite. Fertility rates are low and declining. Anything that even has a slight chance of messing that up even further is probably not gonna be popular with men here.
I would gladly take a pill to avoid female birth control that can reek havoc on a woman's body.
…and have it wreak the havoc in your own body? Wow, wise words from a white knight.
Any hormonal birth control is shit, doesn’t matter if it’s for men or women.
@@AbhijeetKumar-cm3jh Yup 👍 that's one way, there are also other physical interventions
And a man’s wallet
@@adamknapp2749 hypocrite
@@AbhijeetKumar-cm3jh its 80% effective
I would absolutely be down for male birth control as long as it doesn't mess up my system like female birth control. My SO doesn't take any because of those issues and I support her in that. It's insane and just having safe sex fixes the issue mostly.
I feel the same but I feel like its going to be the same. I'm going to wait and see how it goes.
@@duckqueak yes it’s going to be the same
@fishtacodeluxe1940 I personally don't believe in abortion for myself. I also think if women are going to have the right to choose parenthood so should men. You shouldn't be forced to pay birth control when she chooses to keep it but she can abort it even if the father wants it. I really don't like that double standard.
Also yeah she carries it for 9 months but men have to spend 18+ years losing wages which is arguably worse.
@@HOWTODOEVERYTHING101 trust me I have seen how some parents are with their kids. I have roommates with one now and they just turn on the tv and throw toys at him and get mad when he wants their attention. It pisses me off. I want kids just simply because I like children and want to raise my own. I’ve done the whole help take care of a baby thing a bit between roommates and family so I know I can do it. The only reason I worry about money is I can’t even afford to live on my own yet. I need to be able to provide for them.
Finally, I think a lot of women think men are against this but I believe most would prefer it. I've heard many stories of men choosing to get vasectomies because they've had too many scares.
I read something about how they made a male birth control but didn't want to legalize it because it had symptoms and side effects.
But all those were the exact same as female birth control. So it was really just the idea of men not liking to have the same issues that they've been putting women through.
After reading it, I don't like the idea of either birth control and feel sad for what women have to go through.
4-6 weeks is plenty good enough to me. No reason I’d need to suddenly get someone pregnant in less than 2 months
I really don’t see why it’s an issue. Firstly, the idea that women have to shoulder the burden of birth control is wrong the first and most popular birth control out there is designed for men it’s the condom.
Secondly, condoms are by far the best protection since it means that you prevent STIs as well.
It's easier to control one thing instead of millions of things.
I think a big problem in the past was affecting sperm without affecting libido or erections.
Crazy that men are concerned with 4-6 weeks without the possibility of getting someone pregnant when my sister and my best friend were both on BC for around 10 years, both recently (within the last 2-3 years) got off of them and both have had huuuuge issues conceiving. My best friend is finally having her baby next month but it wasn’t easy for her. Women’s BC is so much more damaging than a 4-6 week baby break
I don't know which product the video was referencing in particular, but there have been other trials of male birth control that ended up being effectively permanent. Sperm production never returned to the point where a natural conception was possible at all and even in vitro fertilization would only be marginally possible. Imagine taking one birth control pill and it nukes your ability to have kids for life.
Good. People like your sister and best friend shouldn't have kids.
And what makes you think the men won't be damaged?
U forgetting the main concern. Men don't get pregnant. And u are effectively relying on the responsibility of others. U have no control over it. What happens if they lie?
@@uptop377 dont talk sense to women they will get angry at all the logic your using.
They don’t like how long it takes to wear off but they have no clue what and how many side effects are listed in the pamphlet we get.
I love this comment cause it's like they're mad because of this one thing when they should really be mad about the rest of it
Yeah and the last time we tried pills for men one dude kill themselves so you know still downsides like just like the female kind
4-6 months I don't have to worry about having a kid? Sign me up.
What they should be focused on is a truly 100% reversible vasectomy procedure. Considering the difficulties inherent in suppressing male hormones without affecting the rest of the body this would be a much better alternative to a male birth control pill.
The thing is, you need 3 to 5 days to recover form the surgery and up to 1 month till you can have intercourse again without pain. Some people just don't have the time or money for it
We need any and every new birth control option. Men need to be able to control this just as much as women.
Just like... use a condom. Condoms have a higher chance of success and don't need to be taken weeks in advance just slip it on done.
I'd really like my SO to be the one on birth control instead. It's just a bunch of trouble. 😩
@@TheOneThatYouLoathe personally I'd happily do that. Apart from anything else men can't get abortions (I know women can't in parts of America now which is awful, but I'm writing from a UK perspective where they are fairly accessible and free) so it's even more important men have that control themselves.
@@skellious i like the no abortion law because it makes less options for the control of women plus it's the only thing America done that was good plus honestly America is the main place with entitled and control women
@@josephwilliams9786 kid, sexist, bot
called a sAC inhibitor. cant make this shit up.
you had me on the floor
There was one trialed a while back, and some of the side effects that men suffered was that they became permanently sterile. Shoeonhead covered it.