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TheMedGuru.com reports on a pair of two year trials of a male birth control injection taking place in Great Britain.
"Professor Richard Anderson, from the University of Edinburgh, who is heading one of the two year long trails said, ‘A lot of women may think it’s time men took their turn. When we carried out surveys of women, they were enormously enthusiastic. The single most common reason was they wanted to share the responsibility for contraception.’"
Men, meanwhile, shouted "Out of my cold dead haaa… errr, there has to be a better way of saying this."
Ok, back to science: "The shot contains the male sex hormone testosterone, and a synthetic version of the female sex hormone progesterone. The men will be given injections by the general physician twice a month. The injection works by stimulating the brain into reducing the levels of other hormones which control sperm production and maturation."
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Yes getting rid of unwanted pregnancy with male and female birth control is a answer. But it only half the answer, you’re forgetting that you to have find cures or better yet vaccines for STDs. So female and male birth control is great but remember before the orgies and fuck parties start you need to get rid of the second half of the problem, cures or vaccines for STDs.
but could this be possible in any ways??…how would a man look like if he gets pregnant/??..even if it possible i really wonder how would they do this…this is so funny at the same time…..if this happens the would all men have to put on Plastic Injection Moldings???
if this is true would men also have to take birth control pill ????
Would this affect the size of my “load” at all?
Isn’t progesterone what a woman produces when she’s pregnant? I have to wonder who thought of putting that into a man.
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Isn’t progesterone what a woman produces when she’s pregnant? I have to wonder who thought of putting that into a man. Enhanced levels of testosterone could lead to increased loss of hair. Deutsch Englisch Übersetzung Übersetzung Deutsch Italienisch
I thought something similar with this was already being in for certain sex offenders that went out on parole. I do know that there are issues with this system, up to and including the fact that messing with the hormonal system causes all kinds of bizarre side effects.
Women I hope you like your men with breasts, soft features, and emotionally dependent. Because that’s what you’re likely to wind up with.
Remember you are getting what you’ve asked for.
what it is like being an UNWANTED CHILD
Nice post…I like it..but I Don’t agree with the ideea of controling the babies sex birth..It’s not right.
Isn’t progesterone what a woman produces when she’s pregnant? I have to wonder who thought of putting that into a man.
enhanced levels of testosterone could lead to increased loss of hair.
not to speak of the effects that the female hormones may have.
Hell, let’s just inject us all with Estrogen right after slicing our balls off.
I find it borderline infuriating that men would have such objection to hormonal birth control methods designed for them, when women have had to contend with the effects of hormonal birth control for all this time. And what’s more, they have to deal with the effects of not using the hormonal birth control as well. Pregnancy, abortion, giving a child up for adoption…Someone is complaining about being injected with extra testosterone. Well female birth control injects additional estrogen and progestin in women. And yes, that is one of the hormones produced during pregnancy. So women have to trick their bodies into thinking it’s already pregnant to avoid getting pregnant. What effects do you think that has over time for A LOT of women?…weight gain, increased appetite, nausea, bloating, decreased sex drive, vaginal dryness to the point of pain during sex and the list goes on. Bottomline fellas, you can’t get all the enjoyment of carefree sex while the women bear the brunt of why it is or for most females, is not carefree. Man up and at least give the medication a try. If it gives you adverse effects, like hormonal birth control does for me (a woman) than discontinue using it. But it’s pretty selfish to not at least give it a try, particularly if you’re in a committed relationship that is trying not to get pregnant.
this is an outrage this is the work of feminist men dont need birth control fuck the new age feminist this is a act of rasisum to men i am ashamed to live in a world that would even accept this idea fuck the new age feminist this is a feminist idea this is a rasist act to men men dont need birth control this is a outrage it is rasisit a bunch of fucking sadist this is genaside it is immoral this is an outrage
this is immoral this is genaside this is a feminist act this is rediculus this should be illigal
*giggle* Boy did you ever call it R.U. Male birth control news followed by HOWLS OF OUTRAGE that OMFG, “MEN” might actually have to take an active role in birth control instead of leaving it all up to the women.
Well let me cue you guys in on a few little factoids. You want to have a world where women will fuck you at the drop of a hat? Then this is the best news you could have ever heard. If you want to be free from the worry of women “trapping” you by deliberately getting pregnant and suing you for child support, this is the best news you have ever heard. You want to be free to sleep around with as many people as you possibly can, this is the best news you ever heard.
The sooner SEX is divorced from PROCREATION, and babies become something it takes two consenting adults making a deliberate effort to have, the sooner that world of guilt free, non-stop orgies can become a reality.
Wise up guys. Protesting this tech is only going to keep you from getting laid more often.
It’s quite fun reading your comments, gentlemen
Somebody here obviously thinks “feminist” is an insult. Let them think whatever they like and spell it the same way.
As to Archwright – yes, you are … arch-right, progesterone is what a woman produces when she’s pregnant.
What ever came over the people who thought men could be injected with it?
well… I don’t know… let me think…
Maybe they were aware that all male human beings were once foetuses inside their mothers’ bodies, precisely during pregnancy?
Has it occured to you that you may have got your regular fix of progesterone at that time -and been a downright addict for 9 months?
If ever something prevented you from becoming a grown man, it wasn’t your mother’s progesterone…
“The fetus metabolizes placental progesterone in the production of adrenal steroids.”
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Progesterone
If you won’t believe this, ask your GP.
As a male member of society that is unable to reproduce due to natural defect, I find your response agitating.
I’m not knee deep in women as you seem to think sterile people should be, quite the opposite I have an extremely hard time meeting women. There are reasons for this, including social awkwardness. But sterility does not automatically equate of getting laid.
As for the ability to procreate, while I would like to have a child of my own, I also accept that by current technological standards I’m unable to (yes I’m aware that this can change) but even if I was able to I would have to ask if I really want to put another entity through the trials that I’ve had to go through due to nature’s little end of file.
While I understand your bitterness, you are completely missing the point.
REVERSIBLE STERILITY is going to become a normal fact of life. This means that everyone will have the option of being fertile ONLY WHEN THEY DESIRE OFFSPRING. Most people DO NOT DESIRE A CHILD to result from sexual intercourse. They want to have sex JUST TO HAVE SEX.
But many males refuse to use contraceptives. Which puts the burden of contraception on the woman. What this means is that many unwanted pregnancies occur. Being adopted, I am all too aware of what it is like being an UNWANTED CHILD.
However, if the woman can only become pregnant by consciously CHOOSING TO BE FERTILE, and the man can only impregnate a women by consciously CHOOSING TO BE FERTILE, and in order for a child to be conceived they both have to CHOOSE TO BE FERTILE at the same time, the chance of an unwanted child is zero. And the chances of either party “trapping” a partner by a non-consensual pregnancy is also zero. And the need to continue to have taboos all designed to either insure or prevent pregnancies will also be zero. Put those together, and the creation of a REVERSIBLE STERILITY treatment should be taken as good news by any male who follows standard primate mating habits.
But at no point did I say that sterility equals sexy.