– We are always hearing about breakthroughs in male birth control but I never seem to hear about it again. Why is this? Is there a reason why multiple different forms of male birth control never seem to materialize for sale?

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– We are always hearing about breakthroughs in male birth control but I never seem to hear about it again. Why is this? Is there a reason why multiple different forms of male birth control never seem to materialize for sale?

In: Biology

Answer 1

Same reason the next scientific breakthrough that will REVOLUTIONISE the way we live is always 5-10 years away, every year for the past whatever decades, the press loves to overhype stuff before it’s really tested through and once the results are in it turns out it was more of a small nudge forward at best rather than the huge leap the headlines claimed.