"Sexism at its finest: male birth control trial stopped due to side effects"

Submitted by Mastodon on Tue, 2016-11-01 03:56

Article here. Excerpt:

'The male injection has been found to be effective in studies involving around 270 men. During the trial only four pregnancies happened among the partners. Because quite a few of the men experienced side effects, including depression, other mood disorders and acne, the study was stopped due to safety reasons. Researchers have been trying to discover a male #contraceptive for the last 20 years. This makes the burden of birth control normally fall onto women's shoulders.
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Many of us women who are on the pill have to experience and get over any side effects including, weight gain, depression, migraines and many more. However there are very few advertised options for women and the pill seems the most suitable for many of us.'

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I can't speak for the veracity of some of the author's claims. Nonetheless, I see her point. One should expect side effects with any medication or hormone treatment. If trials were cancelled for side effects, the FDA would be approving no drugs.

Actually I think there is a more sinister dbl-std at play. Simply, TPTB do not want men to gain control of their own fertility. Give men a convenient, effective BC solution and watch the birth rate plummet even further. That is the last thing TPTB want to see happen. Falling birthrates cut into the creation of new markets and tax bases. The first world's leaders are already in full panic mode over the current pop'n implosion. This will only make it worse.

Maybe it's a bit conspiracy theoryish but I think this trial was stopped bc the injections were working TOO well.

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Submitted by Matt on Wed, 2016-11-02 02:32

It's sexist all right. . . to the men who wish they could have access to this and avoid "oops" pregnancies and a leash put around their neck.

I also have to take the author's claims with a grain of salt. She offers absolutely no evidence to back them up, after all.

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Submitted by xtrnl on Thu, 2016-11-03 03:10