Would you let him take care of birth control in the name of equal opportunity?
I can think of any number of women I know who will scream “It’s about bloody time” when you confidently tell them that this time – the male contraceptive that is proving to be as good as the pill in preventing pregnancy is just round the corner – literally.
There’s been a number of hoaxes and false starts over the years, but scientists are apparently confident (like a scientist will ever admit that their experiment or project is a waste of space and doomed for failure) that within 5 years, the male contraceptive jab that they have been testing will be ready to give women a break from the responsibility of taking care of birth control.
In the latest study of more than 1,000 men, just over one in 100 conceived a child, similar figures to the 1 or 2 per cent of women who become pregnant while taking oral contraception.
However, like with most studies in the past, the biggest stumbling block isn’t the medical aspects that will actually stop the sperm in its tracks….Apparently, the biggest stumbling block is whether women will sufficiently trust their men to be exclusively responsible for the use of hormonal contraception.
I guess we as men don’t exactly give ourselves the best fighting chance when it comes to some issues. I remember one regular punter down my local pub lamenting that she can never trust men – and her reason was simple, the last time she trusted a man, she ended up with a daughter. I mean, who can argue with her position in such a case….
The testosterone injection, which could be on the market in five years, was tested on a group of healthy fertile men aged 20 to 45, each of whom had fathered at least one child in the previous two years. Female partners were aged between 18 and 38 and had no reproductive problems.
Lead researcher Dr Yi-Qun Gu said: ”For couples who cannot, or prefer not to use only female-oriented contraception, options have been limited to vasectomy, condom and withdrawal. Our study shows a male hormonal contraceptive regimen may be a potential, novel and workable alternative.”
You know what, I really admire men who claim to be strong enough to use coitus interruptus as a birth control method. That’s right! I’m a weak man…LOL! There’s some things that I find difficult and one of them is withdrawing from an impending ejaculation. That’s just crazy. A herd of wild buffalo pulling me away at such a critical stage of coitus would have a job on their hands.
The men’s fertility returned to normal in all but two participants after the treatment was stopped.
Scary though to know that you might not get your mojo back – but seriously, I’ll sign up to use it if it’s on the market, if only to give ‘er indoors a breather.
Results from the Chinese trial, the largest effectiveness study of a testosterone-based male contraceptive ever undertaken, will appear in the June issue of the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism. The study, which was backed by the World Health Organisation, used buttock injections, alternating sides with each jab.
However, almost one third of 1,045 men enrolled in the trial did not complete it and no reason was provided for this.
Heelllloooo!!! Did someone check the local morgue???
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Tags: Equality
May 5th, 2009 at 9:10 pm
I didn’t get past the injection part. Seriously, I would never trust a man with contraception, even condoms. Not that they’re not responsible enough, just that the implication of a slippage is too serious for me to deal with, so I back up, back up, and back up some more!
Vasectomy, if I took him and watched the doctor snip it, then may be we could use the condom alone.
May 6th, 2009 at 7:10 am
Last two sentences had me in stitches.
But I came unstuck at your friend who said the last time she trusted a man she ended up with a daughter. Kwani the man promised he would not give her a child ama? She a sperm has to meet something else to start the process. Ama the man told her he was infertile!!!
May 6th, 2009 at 7:47 am
@Pink…I’ll be damned if my bits get cut off in the name of a vasectomy…LOL! Let alone have someone carry out a live VIVA on the process…
I can understand your stance on trust and the need to do what a girls gotta do…
My sense is that in marriage though, that same conversation around trust has different parameters and folks look at it differently.
@3, I think that chick down the pub had no intention of getting paged. I think it was more the guy telling her to trust that he’ll withdraw – and as tragic as it sounds, its actually funny to picture that conversation between the two….
As for the last 2 sentences, I kid you not – there’s about 300 stiffs lying around in Chinese morgues with death certificates with the Mandarin equivalent of “Can’t figure this one out???” in the slot for Cause of death.
May 6th, 2009 at 5:52 pm
LOL at your coitus interruptus description! Had me in stitches.
Answer to your question Yes! Why not? These being condoms and vasectomy of course. If it were something like birth control pills, obviously not!
May 6th, 2009 at 9:33 pm
Back-up..as Ms. PinkM said…
May 8th, 2009 at 7:41 pm
I think men should shoulder some of that family planning maneno but would I trust one to not miss a ‘pill’
Heck Nah!
May 12th, 2009 at 10:18 am
eeer. Honey I love you so much and I appreciate that you’re willing to bear some of the birth control burden with me. But no thanks. I will take care of that department. (Read: I don’t trust you hehehehe)
May 21st, 2009 at 12:49 pm
“A herd of wild buffalo pulling me away at such a critical stage of coitus would have a job on their hands. ”
LMAO!
I would not trust a man, since if anything goes wrong, I’ll be the one with the swollen belly.
Are you sure you want to sign up in a case where a third of the people died in China? As for vasectomy, why against it? It does not affect performance or anything else except the ability to sire kids.
May 26th, 2009 at 9:57 am
Stone Cold Gentleman you are missed!