Male Birth Control part II

Women, imagine that you are about to engage in intercourse with a man and right before said act is about to begin you open your mouth to discuss protection but instead the two of you simultaneously utter the sentence "don't worry, I'm on the pill."

Hmmmmmm.

When considering the possibility of a male birth control coming to fruition, one must also consider the likelihood that males would actually take it. Forget the physical ramifications, it is a given that any drug decreasing sexual libido or physically altering the male sexual organs would never make it to the market. Can men really deal with the psychological ramification of halting their "biological destiny?"

While many different forms of contraceptives could be available for male use, the fact remains that women are the ones who literally bear the repercussions from unprotected sex. It's also very probable that in the majority of situations women wouldn't be absolved from the responsibility or the desire of taking contraceptives. In "America and the Pill" by Elaine Tyler May, it is stated that both men and women brought up the issue of trust when faced with the idea of men having contraception as a option.

On page 114, a 45 year old married father of three says this: "It is time for men to have some control. I think it would empower men and deter some women out there from their nefarious plans. Some women are out there to use men to get pregnant. This could deter women out there from doing this. An athlete or a singer is someone who could be a target and they could put a stop to that"

On the same page, a 28 year old women says "I have heard women say that they'd be against a male pill because they wouldn't trust men to take it. That's just silly. The point of a male pill isn't that it allows you to stop taking it. It's just that you have twice the protection. Also, I think that it will force men to be more responsible towards children they did father. No longer would the 'she tricked me' option be on the table."

The same argument but with very different connotations. It's interesting that some men and women view pregnancy as a trick to be played on one another but hardly reassuring that the two sexes are so suspicious of each others reproductive agenda.

For now we can ask the question, would it be more egalitarian for men to have the option of medically controlling their reproductive options? Of course. However, the science behind a male contraceptive may be getting closer and closer but the fact remains that unless an option was available that in no way effected the sexual function, ability, performance or appearance of the male reproductive organ, there isn't a man alive out there that would take it.