Men, would you take birth control if they had viable options available?

[ally018]

Birth control pills, birth control patches, birth control shots that last three months? What if If there were arm implants that last 5 years that also worked for men.

[dankstranger]

Yes,

With a few parameters.

1- it has to be temporary. Meanin if me and my partner decide we want a child that I can stop using it and then be capable of having a child again.

2- minimal side effects. I know birth control for women often has various side effects some not so bad and some are borderline unbearable from an outside looking in perspective. So I would want minimal side effects. I'd be okay with accepting some side effects. But only if they are something that I can live with and don't cause irreversible damage.

3- if it messes up my sex drive it simply isn't worth it. The whole point of birth control is to have sex without the added stress of unwanted pregnancy. So if birth control destroyed my sex drive then it was all for nothing.

[HellGeist]

Hell yes. I want funding into male birth control so that everyone can have max autonomy over their reproduction and lack thereof.

Too much BS going on in the world pertaining to this.

People are going to fuck. Kids shouldn't be "accidents." They should ideally be nurtured and wanted from the get go by two loving parents who are together and monogamous at least until kids are 18+.

[HellGeist]

Plus too many dudes are raising kids that aren't even theirs and don't know it. This might help a little with that problem.

[HawkPerception]

100%

[HellGeist]

@HawkPerception Amen!

[MORPHEUS_12]

This has been done in the past but the men belly ached and complained. They did not like the side effects, decrease in their libido and it endangered their masculinity.

[JacobWho]

I’ve heard of a few drugs taken to trial, but I’ve never heard of a male birth control drug that was ever FDA approved. It’s not very fair to men to say we belly-ached and complained over side effects of a drug that never made it to the market in the first place. Surveys have shown the vast majority (80%ish) of men would like a drug birth control option that’s safe, effective, and has minimal side effects.

[InkRat_]

@jacobwhoho they were and result was suicide in study and massive mood swings. And @morpheus_12 fuck you!

[RedStiletto88]

Men can get snipped. Of course they aren’t the ones who have to worry about getting pregnant.

[TheorionMage]

The Communist Chinese HAVE a male contraceptive pill.
But putting yourself in the place of an experienced female, and knowing how men often lie
to gain the opportunity for sex,
would YOU forgo YOUR OWN elective 'birth control'
even for males alleged
to have had a vasectomy? MOST WOMEN say 'No'
Eighteen years of single parenting is a STEEP price for 'fool's trust!

[God_of_Thunder]

As long as it's safe, then absolutely.

I don't like that female BC affects a woman's hormones, and I wouldn't like if it worked the same for men, but if that gel that blocked the release of sperm proves to be safe & effective, I would be willing.

Men need options for controlling their own reproduction, so that the burden does not fall entirely on women. There have also been times when women have tricked men, because it's out of his hands.

[Heartache0405]

I am walking birth control😂 and if that isn’t enough, my Tourette’s syndrome is my birth control. And if that isn’t enough, my mtg cards, Pokémon cards, and Yu-Gi-Oh! Cards definitely are. 😂 and if someone can get past both of those... they’d be disappointed at unless they’re also an a-romantic and voluntarily celibate

[t-8900]

Nope because I wouldn't sleep with someone I wasn't able to see myself raising a child with in the first place. I also wouldn't sleep with someone who doesn't share my same values on family and child birth. This is the safest form of birth control there is. I'm not jeapirdizing my fertility on any capacity. If others want to do it that's their business.

[HerKittysMeant2B8]

Yeah if they had an alternative to birth control for guys to take I actually would have considered taking that... Because then I don't have to worry about some dumb bitch for getting to take a fucking pill and then having my kid whenever I was only trying to fuck em...

I've been a lot of guys with that keep a mf baby and forget to take my pill baby bullshit fuck that...

[Fireguy17]

Sure, but I would still get snipped.
It wasn't a big deal, you can freeze some swimmers just in case I win the lottery and end up with a 20 something year old that wants kids.
Then I wouldn't be putting all of that medicine in my system for a long time.

[bolverk]

Yes I'd use it, but how do I convince a woman that I'm using it?
I'm willing to bet that there is a very small minority of women would accept the statement that I'd be using it, the vast majority would never accept that I'd be using it.

I'll stick to condoms that I've bought myself thanks, even if I'd had a vasectomy!

[CindyRuns]

The better question is how many women would trust a guy to take care of it.

If he isn't, you're pregnant for 9 months and get to raise his baby !!!

[zeitgeist057]

that's a fair cop. I couldn't even remember to take a multivitamin once a day for a week.

[Joshua0213]

Haha true I always forget to take medicines😂

[SuicidalDriver]

And if it's not trusted, men will stop taking it, when men stop taking it they will stop producing it, the only "trusted" birth control for men is visible which the only option there is a condom

[Adam1978]

Well I am more afraid of std than pregnancy so I would still have to use condoms. So this answer would only be for long term relationships, in which case its certainly an option if the risks are low, ie no sideffects.

[NamerOfStars]

Not an untested one, and not without doing quite a bit of research, but once one hit the market with known risks and levels of effectiveness, I'd certainly consider it.

[ally018]

It said viable options. That means ones that are capable of working successfully.

[NamerOfStars]

Yes, it did. But given recent events, I felt it needed to stated anyway.

[horatiohornblower]

I'd be most interested in the method which plugs the vas deferens. Which works for years but may be dissolved at any time. As far as I'm aware it's still just in animal trials but seems to work without issues.

[jshm2]

Nah, birth control barely works for women. Is also a prime cause for problem births in women that do take them, or stop taking them.

Adding men to the equation is just going to lead to more fucked up children.

[Deathly_Pheonix]

That's not true. Yes, having/taking birth control during pregnancy can lead to complications, such as premature births/miscarriages. And they are highly effective. And by men having them as well, you increase the effectiveness a lot, prevent complications anyways

[TonyLuigiC]

Absolutely. I refuse to wear condoms, if I wanted to have sex with latex, I buy a blowup doll and be done with it. And I don’t care how sexist it sounds, it’s a fact that many women lie about using birth control. I don’t trust a woman to use birth control. For that reason, I almost completely avoid Vaginal sex and stay with Oral and Anal. That’s fine with me, I like that more anyway. But yeah, if I could take control of the situation, I would do it in a heartbeat. Shoot me up, Doc!

[CasuallySamsonite]

Hell yes, give me the control... too many women don't believe in abortion / planned families and would rather stick the "sperm donor" with all the child support and none of the custody. Condoms are not enough.

[Jintendo18]

Testosterone injections of at least 200 mg per week have been proven to have that same effect with relatively few health risks. Look, feel, and perform better both in the gym and the bedroom, AND have the ability to shoot blanks. Win-win in my book.

[Kaamraj]

Yes, I would given they were safe and temporary. It would give me complete reproductive autonomy as a man.

[Moose304]

I fire blanks today! Best decision I could have ever made. I am in my 60s but sleep with women that still are in their childbearing years. So we can have fun and not worry about little swimmers!

[Diodoro]

Yes

But actually viable. Not ones that sound good till you hear about near permanent side effects

[Leonharted]

No need. My wife has to be on birth control when not trying to have kids due to endometriosis, and I don’t cheat.

[mark000h]

If a male pill existed that was safe, why not? It's a lot better than using plastic wrap over your penis.