If it was available, how many men would take birth control?

Eoghan--There's no such thing as an accidental pregnancy in the West? Do you REALLY believe this? Try telling that, then, to my best friend's step mom, who got pregnant at *48*, and did NOT want more children, especially since her youngest had developmental problems. She was devastated, but had the child anyway because of religious views. she was on the pill. It failed.

Also try telling that to my husband's 17 yr old (at the time) niece. she was off to college, and would have had an abortion if her mother had not talked her out of it, ALSO due to religious reasons. She was also on the pill, it failed.

Accidental pregnancies most certainly happen. birth control is not 100% effective...it's a simple matter of MATH that there WILL be some accidental pregnancies, and not all women have the practical option of abortion, because of religious beliefs.

Responsibility is a two way street. Women are responsible for protecting themselves, and men are responsible for their own protection. If a man or woman leaves that responsibility SOLELY in the hands of someone else, they get what they deserve....namely, an unwanted pregnancy.

If I were not married, and dating a man on birth control, i would STILL provide my own. It's common sense, people.

I don't think the water technique is really effective. I would be afraid it would be permanent as well (the reason the balls are outside is because sperm doesn't live at the 37.2 °C).

I personally am not on the pill, because I don't want to take hormones. There are other ways, and I'm going to have an IUD. I don't think such a thing would exist for men, they'd probably need a hormonal thing.

I'm curious to know the answers. That being said, you need to trust your partner, and I'm not sure many women would trust their partner enough. In any case, condoms would still be compulsory at the beginning of a relationship.

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As for condoms: I've tried a female condom once with my bf. It felt like I had a plastic bag in my vagina! And my bf said exactly the same! They might have involved, though. And condoms are not exactly great for women, either. You feel the plastic too!

I've read up on the subject in the past, and from what I remember is that the FDA won't approve male birth control. All one has to do is give men testosterone and after about 6 weeks spermatogenesis will stop due to a negative feedback loop operating through the HTPA. Of course if you give a man too much testosterone for a long period of time that will make him permanently sterile. I would prefer an oil depot over oral steroids any day; they are way safer and the only oral steroid that isn't horribly hepatotoxic is testosterone undecanoate, and that isn't very bioavailable at that.

I'm not going subject my testes to scalding water...that's just plain stupid.

The gov't fears men, fears and vilifies testosterone, and doesn't want men to have even normal test. levels, let alone high levels.

Looking a little outside the box, the pill doesn't protect from STD's.

Just sayin'..it should be a combined effort of pill+condom to avoid pregnancy, condom to protect from unwanted diseases.

Hasn't unwanted pregnancies been part of the rationalization for shots, pills, and abortion? I don't think any medical breakthroughs are going to prevent people from being irresponsible. I wouldn't support anything where a person is harming themselves just to reduce their chances of getting pregnant.

I think it would be the best thing since sliced bread (if not too expensive).

Any man with an abundance of sexual partners and a fear of commitment or unplanned child birth would jump at the opportunity to take male birth control.

OBVIOUSLY

You have been misinformed.

The reason for there not being a male birth control is simple.

Women have 1 ova , men have millions of sperm and it only takes 1 survivor.

Yes , I would use a pill if it were reasonably safe and very effective.

Yes, I think it would be a brilliant idea to have that as an option.

No

Not till it was fully tested, on other guys.

Genuine accidental pregnancies are very rare and theres no such thing as an accidental birth in the west.

Women have been given numerous b/c options and its easy to follow a cycle, if anything we should be asking women to be more responsible.

You will find the countries the give the best benefits for single mother also have the highest "accidental" pregnancy rate.

Guys can have rules for themselves, nothing comes inside there.

It beggars belief that so many women will want unprotected sex and have no clue when they are fertile.

Wendy, I said a genuine accidental pregnancy is rare, condoms do burst and the pill isnt fail safe but the rest are from throwing the dice and / or arent really accidents. So dont be getting your knickers in a twist.

Pills are for women, if they don't want to take them, I'll give them to my cat.

Condoms were made for men. Those who want to wear them, that is.