In my opinion only condoms are necesarry, plus they never affect your health and prevent STDs. Even if I were a women, i wouldn’t want to use contraceptive pills.
As a concept I would welcome a safe affordable male contraceptive and would use it if appropriate.
I would say that I would definitely evaluate the option very carefully. Especially in a committed relationship. Sometimes female birth control can bring benefits beyond just birth control, along with its drawbacks. My partner suffered from severe period cramps at a point in her life, where the birth control she used suppressed that. That said, it would actually be positive to have the option of a male contraceptive in a relationship. We share the pleasure and the responsibility. In the end, the safest option with the least side effects will probably win out. If that is a male contraceptive, so be it.
Outside of a committed relationship, condoms just makes more sense. I cannot imagine taking the risks associated with sex and not taking any precautions for it. Then again, my early 20s was spent in a country and area with a high prevalence of HIV, so not taking chances is ingrained due to that. It would also depend on just active a sex life we are dealing with.
People who want to take hormones typically used for contraception for their other effects still can do so. I know people who don’t have sex at all or not with anyone who produces semen, who use contraceptives this way.
When it has an issue of effectiveness you usually can tell pretty quick
Whereas medication (at least in my experience) can suddenly stop being as effective due to your body building a tolerance, something you are, an allergy forming that wasn’t there before, etc.
As one user already said, Vasalgel looked really promising. Waited for years for it. In the end, I got a vasectomy.
It was the only way I could control the means of my reproduction. Anxiety and stress during sex, and absolute panic during condom fail is not fun. If I could have taken a pill, I would have absolutely done that.
I think calling it male contraception would make it weird for me because i am not male/a man. Still, I would have definitely used in the past, but know i dont need it any more.
As the word male most commonly refers to those who produce motile gametes, which is what such a product seeks to impede in some way, semantically it is quite aptly named.
I take that, given that you mention it would have been useful in the past, that your gamete production facilities have been damaged in some way and you are still coming to terms with that?
Probably not, I'd likely stick with condoms. Any male contraceptive medication would be too new to have any clear idea of whether it was safe. Even for women's contraceptives that have been around for decades, there are a ton of potential side effects and risks.
Vasalgel sure looks like the ideal contraceptive - no side effects, long lasting, cheap, the surgery is as easy as taking a blood sample, and better that the hormonal pill in every way.
It’s only problem is that it’s still in the trials for 13 years and counting.
Dudes who refuse the idea of male contraceptive because it will harm their idea of masculinity are those you don’t want to have children with anyway.
Absolutely. It goes without saying that women’s bc pills come with a myriad of side effects. They often have to try different options to find what works for them. I’d personally enter the market as soon as its available, but I’d prefer for several options to be approved so we can pivot if one particular pill doesn’t agree with you. Until then, a good old fashioned condom is my best friend.
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