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Jen0125 posted...

All the medical male birth control options keep getting shut down because they have side effects... That are completely similar to the side effects of female birth control. But it's okay for women to suffer constantly. That's fine.

Yep. "Male hormonal birth control pills shut down due to causing weight gain, mood swings, and acne" as though those exact side effects aren't extremely common for every female birth control pill currently on the market. They're obviously not pleasant, and it would be ideal for men to avoid them, but not when that means putting all the onus on women to endure them.

Jen0125 posted...

I'm not sure why there's no temporary medical device for men like an IUD for their balls yet

That's kind of what vasalgel was supposed to be: A gel that gets injected into the vas deferens and kills sperm that try to pass through it, stays in place for many years, and can be dissolved when desired to restore normal fertility within a couple days. From what I could tell, it was comparable to an IUD in effectiveness and had very few side effects, so it seemed like a no-brainer, but it seems to have fizzled out. I should see what happened.

Heck, if anything, given the number of misogynists that are paranoid about women trying to trap them with babies by skipping their pills or turkey bastering a condom or whatever, I'm surprised there isn't more pressure to give men more control over the process. There's so much "I don't trust women to use birth control properly," but none of that seems to translate into "I want power over the birth control in my relationships."