A non-hormonal, reversible and non-toxic male birth control could be a step closer, with scientists successfully targeting a protein that's crucial in making fertile sperm. Knocking this protein out for a period of time would give men control over their protection window, much like oral…
  • Draconic NEOEnglish
    20•1 month ago

    I find it strange that many people here are against this when the alternative is a surgical treatment that often can’t be easily reversed, and even when it is, often lowers the likelihood they will have a kid.

    Chemical solutions are way better in that regard because if they are done right they don’t damage any tissue and their affects are temporary.

    • @Socsa@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      -9•1 month ago

      I’m not against it but you’d have to be crazy to trust a guy who doesn’t want to use a condom because he swears he’s on the pill. It seems like it opens up a wild new avenue for sexual assault.

      The reality is that the consequences of sex are asymmetric. I suppose this is an interesting option for couples in a relationship though.

      • Brownian MotionEnglish
        8•1 month ago

        asymmetric?

        Like you’ve ever trusted a woman that has said “It’s okay, I’m on the pill” first time you hit the sheets?

      • @KeenFlame@feddit.nuEnglish
        17•1 month ago

        Fuck yes, sexual repression what a banger idea that is modern and haven’t even been considered for literally thousands of years and proven abusive to exactly every human being on the planet

      • @Patch@feddit.ukEnglish
        16•1 month ago

        Oh yeah, I’ll just tell my wife that we’re never having sex again because we’ve now got enough kids. I’m sure this will be a healthy and emotionally viable way of strengthening our relationship over the next 30 years or so until the menopause.

  • @intensely_human@lemm.eeEnglish
    10•1 month ago

    Safe, cheap, permanent but trivially reversible male birth control was invented in 1979 and has yet to be approved for US sale.

      • @intensely_human@lemm.eeEnglish
        8•1 month ago

        RISUG is a technique by which a polymer with specific electrical properties is injected into the vas deferens. This polymer messes up the flagella on sperm that pass nearby. Since “nearby” is a distance larger than the radius of the vas deferens, this means all sperm passing through get their flagellum screwed up, can no longer swim, and is therefore immotile.

        It makes the man essentially sterile, until he wants to reverse the effect at which point a second injection simply washes the original polymer layer off the inner lining.

      • @pearsaltchocolatebar@discuss.onlineEnglish
        9•1 month ago

        Probably talking about RISUG, although the US equivalent is Vasagel.

        Basically Vasagel plugs up the Vas Deferens so sperm can’t get out, and RISUG rips sperm to shreds as they come out. It lasts for 10 years, and is reversible with a shot of baking soda.

        RISUG is approved in India (where it was developed), and Vasagel is being developed by a foundation instead of a pharmaceutical company, so progress has been slow.

        • @intensely_human@lemm.eeEnglish
          2•1 month ago

          It does not plug up the vas deferens. One of the (many) advantages RISUG has over vasectomy is that it doesn’t block material from flowing through the vas deferens, and hence avoids the complications from that aspect of vasectomy.

  • @mojo_raisin@lemmy.worldEnglish
    -5•1 month ago

    So only the lucky unfit sperm destined to produce one who wears a red cap will be able to successfully fertilize the egg?

  • @cro_magnon_gilf@sopuli.xyzEnglish
    -54•1 month ago

    I will never ever trust this. Not with how gender/maleness is treated these days. What ‘they’ consider safe can be entirely political and ideology-based, rather than a biological fact.

    • LuccusEnglish
      17•1 month ago

      Who’s “they”?

      If it’s Urologists, like, those are the experts. If it’s someone on Twitter, they don’t matter. If it’s women as a whole… oh, boy. Dude. If it’s “the jews”, OH. BOY. DUDE. HOW EVEN?

      • @cro_magnon_gilf@sopuli.xyzEnglish
        -17•1 month ago

        It’s not jews, it’s not women, and it’s not strictly urologists. It’s everyone in government and the medical field who can influence what is and isn’t considered OK.

    • @Fedizen@lemmy.worldEnglish
      9•1 month ago

      statistically, you’ll probably die in a car crash but the news doesnt even report auto accidents anymore.

  • @Shelbyeileen@lemmy.worldEnglish
    12•1 month ago

    Finally! Finally they’re trying to take the bullets out of the gun instead of trying to make a stronger bulletproof vest. I feel cautiously optimistic!

    I’m a bit jealous that there’s no side effects, though. Depo made me gain 30lbs in ONE month. I’m lucky it made my tits significantly bigger (Went from a B to a DD), but that was not a fun experience.

  • @Spaceballstheusername@lemmy.worldEnglish
    26•1 month ago

    I’ve heard of a male birth control every couple years and still nothing on the market. Usually it’s because there are slight side effects and that’s considered to much of a risk meanwhile female birth control can cause blood clots and whatnot. I’m too jaded to believe this will ever come to fruition.

  • @PPQ@lemmy.worldEnglish
    59•1 month ago

    Ha jokes on them, the plastic in my balls is permanently shutting of my sperm!

  • mechoman444English
    59•1 month ago

    Everyone brace yourself! The Christians are looking for Bible quotes right now!