After decades of attempts to develop new birth control medications for men, scientists are more hopeful than ever. With new abortion restrictions, demand is growing, experts say.

After decades of attempts to develop new birth control medications for men, scientists are more hopeful than ever. With new abortion restrictions, demand is growing, experts say.

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  • Today@lemmy.world
    110·
    6 months ago

    It’s a protective response. People don’t generally do what is good for you unless it’s also good for them, especially at a time when ‘emotions’ are running hot.

    • Maalus@lemmy.world
      71·
      6 months ago

      Sooo you would say that “man wants to get woman pregnant and lies about it” is somehow more likely than “woman wants to get pregnant and lies about it”?

      • Today@lemmy.world
        17·
        6 months ago

        Man wants to get laid and no condom is pretty common. Woman wants to get secretly pregnant happens.

        • Maalus@lemmy.world
          1·
          6 months ago

          No, both happen equally often. It’s not “men want to make everyone pregnant and women are saints”.

          • Today@lemmy.world
            12·
            6 months ago

            Men want to have sex at the same frequency that women want to get pregnant? I’m pretty sure that’s not accurate.

            • Maalus@lemmy.world
              1·
              6 months ago

              Men don’t want to get someone pregnant by having sex with them just as much as women don’t want to get pregnant.

              You have some preconceived bias on how all of this works. The reality is it’s 50-50. There are scumbag men and there are scumbag women. At the end of the day what you are saying with “oh no we must trust men with a contraceptive now” amounts to “oh no we must trust men not to rape”.

              • Today@lemmy.world
                1·
                6 months ago

                That’s not at all what i said, or at least not what i meant. Two people meet, women pulls out condom, man says, “it’s ok, I’m on the gel.”. It’s exactly the same as “I’m on the pill,” or shot or whatever. It’s been my experience that men were fairly likely to just say ok, but i think women would be more questioning of it. Of course that doesn’t take into account stds…

                • Maalus@lemmy.world
                  1·
                  6 months ago

                  Yeah, so again - rape. Lying about being on the pill is just that. Lying about being on the gel would be exactly the same. It’s all about trust - don’t get into bed with someone who you cannot trust. Gender has nothing to do here. There are people poking holes in the condoms, there are people lying about contraception (either pill or getting snipped). A new type of it doesn’t change anything.