• agent_nycto@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    Weird how it seems like it’s all for women and safe sex but then criticizes a tool women have to checks notes take control of their sex lives and make decisions about getting pregnant.

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      4 months ago

      It’s less of a conspiracy and more that it didn’t even occur to society until pretty recently (in historical terms) that reproduction isn’t solely a woman’s responsibility

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        Well yes. But it also occured to society that stopping 1 egg per month is easier than millions of sperm every day.

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          This sounds like it would make sense on the surface, but is just not true. You can look up pretty easily that there wasn’t really any research on the viability of male hormonal birth control until half a century after female hormonal birth control became a thing, so it’s not like they made a rational decision based on scientific findings. When they found out how to do it for men, it was roughly comparably complicated, with similar side effects. This too is easy to look up.

          It makes sense that the side effects were too much to legalize hormonal male birth control because today’s standards are much higher. Which is a good thing ofc- im glad they don’t allow new medication as easily as they did in the past. Female birth control wouldn’t be legalized if it was invented today, and neither would, for example, aspirin. They get to stay around because they don’t take that stuff back out usually, even if it wouldn’t pass modern standards. That’s a bit of a tangent though.

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            Many men would LOVE a reliable, non-condom, male-controlled birth control method

            Currently for men there are two options — condoms, which are problematic and difficult in several ways, or vasectomy, which is essentially permanent or at least difficult and uncertain to be reversed.

            The third method is to take WAY too many TOO HOT baths, but that also has uncertainty and is a real hassle.

            As it stands, really for men they either need to use a condom, or trust that your female partner is reliable.

      • Bennyboybumberchums@lemmy.world
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        Is that why men have been wrapping their dicks in all sorts of weird shit for thousands of years? Animal intestines and bladders to name but a few. Fuck your “in historical terms”, youre talking out of your arse, just like every other sexist who makes hating men part of their personality.

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          Why is everyone in this thread acting like men are always the ones providing and insisting on using barrier methods? Have yall talked to a woman who’s had casual sex before about what it’s like out there?

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            Yes, men AND women are both taking responsibility. Just because you can point to few cases of morons, doesnt make “women are sluts who use abortion as birth control” anymore true than the bullshit youre pedalling. But nice try, trying to get out of the “historical terms” bullshit, but shifting the focus to modern day… Doesnt at all make you look desperate to be right, regardless of facts…

            Theres bad apples in every bunch. Only a bigot tries to frame that bad apple as the whole bunch.

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              Ok I’ll ignore the name calling one last time.

              I’ll put it super simply, in the hope that you misunderstanding me wasn’t as intentional as it comes across

              1. barrier methods have always been, and continue to be, a shared responsibility

              2. all other non-permanent methods have been purely on women until very recently.

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                Ignore whatever the fuck you like. Youre bigoted cunt, and thats all there is to it. You dont like being called out? Have you tried, not being a perpetually online sexist piece of shit? Fuck you.

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                  Can you please point out the thing I said that you consider sexist, and why? I’m striving not to be, and like to learn where I can.

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    9!? You think I can cum 9 times a day!? And apparently hit the egg every fucking time too? I don’t mean to question the conclusion because I think birth control should be both parties’ responsibility, but I think your premise reveals a distinct lack of grasp on biological reality. Why stop at 9? Why not 900? Really drive your point home! My dick is going to be useless after number 2 or 3 anyway.

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    It’s the woman who’d get pregnant and who doesn’t want to. Should she rely on whether the men took their pills correctly? Taking hormones sucks for many women, but they’re happy to be able to have birth control in their hands.

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      Yeah, I think people forget why the pill was such a game changer: It allowed women, without the permission or knowledge of their husband/sexual partner, to decide whether or not they wanted to get pregnant.

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    The most commonly produced, available, and used birth control method worldwide is the latex condom, used by everyone who has a penis. Try again.

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    It’s easier to prevent ovulation of one egg than stop a billion sperm cells from reaching their destination. Stop politicising biology.

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    Just FYI after the 5th one I’m just cumming air at that point, but if there are 2,430 women out there who want to give it a try anyway be my guest.

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    If the numbers were correct and your aim was to reduce pregnancies, you could prevent 90% of pregnancies by getting roughly 90% of sexually active women to take the pill. Getting 99.95% of sexually active men to take the pill would have NO effect whatsoever on the pregnancy rate, because the remaining 1 in 2000 men would continue to meet and impregnate a woman roughly once every hour for roughly 12 hours a day (with breaks for food and resting his dick a tiny bit) for 9 months straight, with time to visit 430 women a second time in case these miracle impregnators somehow didn’t always impregnate on first meeting a woman. (This would very drastically reduce diversity in the gene pool and the world would be very very very badly interbred within two generations.)

    But of course humans don’t behave like the numbers suggest AT ALL, thank goodness.

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    I got snipped so my wife didn’t have to do the hormonal bullshit. Her doctor is putting her back in it because women’s bodies literally do not want them to be happy.

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    It’s not like they haven’t tried. Most men would love to be able to ensure they don’t get snared. 😉

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      The best option all around that I’ve seen is Vasagel, which is the western development based on RISUG which was a successful Indian trial

      https://www.planaformen.com/vasalgel

      The major complication for it has been that no pharma wants to invest in it, likely because if doesn’t have good profit potential.

      It is a one-time ‘shot’ of a physical gel that blocks the vas deferens (sperm channel) and is fully reversible simply by being flushed out again.

      However, since it is not an ongoing monthly profit ahem, prescription, there is not a lot of money to be made.

      No hormones, no pills, fully reversible, simply blocks the sperm exactly like a vasectomy, just very easily reversed. It can all be done in clinic with a syringe (perhaps tho the syringe will be a blocker for some men)

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        Is the syringe in the dong? Because that’s a beeg no for me. I’m not squeamish around needles but am squeamish about the dong and dings.

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          I mean it seems about equally as invasive as an IUD. I bet people could get used to the concept.

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            I wasn’t talking about people.

            I’m talking about me.

            I don’t want needles (or any sharp objects) close to my genitals.

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          Well, I’ve not had it since it isn’t available yet.

          But I get what you mean about the needles in the dong.

          But most likely, the needle is through the side of the scrote, which might not be much better.

          Probably best to just not watch.

          It is less invasive than a vasectomy, since it’s a needle and not a scalpel, but ofc it’s not as simple as a pill

          On the other hand, it’s one-and-done and nevermore worried about unwanted paternity claims.

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          Yea it’s pretty clear.

          Capitalism and religion, with maybe a little bit of ‘public health’ thrown in

          There’s strong bias against contraception in general from some religious groups, and it is strongest against the “easier” forms. For example, among Catholics technically ALL contraception is forbidden, but condoms are more acceptable than an IUD, both of which are considered by some sects to be ‘abortifacient’ — on the theory that it merely prevents a fertilized egg from implanting on the uterine wall.

          So condoms are ‘better’ because it is a barrier method.

          The only Catholic-approved BC is abstinence of course.

          Public Health also has a strong bias towards condoms, because of their protection against STIs. Of course, actual proper condom use is… inconsistent at best for most people.

          Anyhow, the easiest and least intrusive methods of BC are usually viewed with the most suspicion and disapproval from all sides, and Vasagel/RISUG is like… the most extreme example of that.

          It is:

          • relatively inexpensive
          • extremely effective
          • one-time clinic visit
          • fully reversible, with no recovery period
          • impossible to forget or accidentally nullify

          Unfortunately none of these factors endear it to the capitalists, the puritans, or the public-health hand-wringers*

          *To be clear, i support public health goals, but the AIDS crisis has put a strong and lasting emphasis/insistence that condoms are the only way

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    9 times per day… So ok. You know how women love to give men shit for having a poor understanding is basic female biology? This is that.

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    So in this imaginary never ending orgy it would still make sense for the women to take the pill because if 99% of the men do the other 1% will somehow make every single women pregnant.

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    Counter point, all men are rapists(according to the wisdom of the internet). Therefore, birth control is protection against the onslaught of unwanted semen that comes from all the endless rape.

    Or, if you arent a perpetually online moron, birth control allows women to control their reproduction. Its a symbol of liberation and freedom for women, who can now enjoy sex at their want without worry of pregnancy.

    In over words, shes making a shit point. This is like all the clueless cunts moaning about women in short skirts in Star Trek, not realising the the mini skirt was a symbol of sexual liberation for the time.