100% Effective Injectable Male Birth Control

[tyrsalvia.livejournal.com]

Ok, so I literally jumped up and down and *squealed* when I read this.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/medicine/story/0,11381,1057129,00.html

Comments

[ravenfyre.livejournal.com]

ha. now guys won't have any fricken' excuse not to be on it :P

i find it funny that it's an injectable though...
i don't know if i would trust my boyfriend to take a pill every day (since he can't even remember other daily necessities half the time), especially since I'M the one who could get pregnant, not him.
"it's okay, baby, i'm on the pill." shya right :P

[tyrsalvia.livejournal.com]

That's a good point. Especially since it is the woman who will or will not get pregnant, we have traditionally been responsible for birth control. I like the idea of the man taking responsibility, but at the same time, you're right - I wouldn't trust my husband or my boyfriend (yes I have both, yes they both know and it's all good) to take anything at the same time of day every day. Even if it was for their own health.

[lizdefiance.livejournal.com]

i think it's weird when people say they wouldn't trust their partner to take a pill. i wouldn't want to have a long-term partner who i didn't trust about birth control!

[sweet-tea79.livejournal.com]

exactly what i was thinking.

[mangofandango.livejournal.com]

that struck me too. and i realize no one here was generalizing, so this is somewhat unrelated, but I often hear people say that they don't think men in general could be trusted to take a pill every day, and that upsets me. i don't understand why people don't see that stereotyping is stereotyping, no matter who you're doing it to. sure, some people can't remember that sort of thing, but women are included in those people. i worried that i wouldn't remember - so i set an alarm and that made sure I always took it right on time. :)

anyway, this is really cool, and i hope it continues to test well and is available soon. it's so nice to expand BC options. :)

[tyrsalvia.livejournal.com]

I didn't mean it as a stereotype. I don't trust myself to take something like that on time every day either, so I don't take them. :}

[strand3d.livejournal.com]

I just like to be in control, so i feel more comfortable knowing i was the one incharge of preventing pregnant. It's my body, i feel like i should be in charge of it. But it isn't anything about not trusting males, i would trust my partner 100%, its about me being in control ;)

[tyrsalvia.livejournal.com]

I don't mean that I wouldn't trust them to take it or think they would lie to me about it, it's more that they're both pretty forgetful people and I don't think they'd manage to take it on time every day like you're supposed to.

[ravenfyre.livejournal.com]

no judgements here :)