I know there are several trials being run right now to develop male contraceptive drugs, but historically, all such methods have been developed to act on the female body. IUD’s, skin implants, oral hormones, etc.
Is it purely because of biological / medical reasons, or are there other reasons people decided to only research female options?
I know men can get a vasectomy, but I am specifically speaking about reversible options of contraception.
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There have been ones made for men. Unfortunately they have been a bit too effective for the ones that have worked and ended up making a percent of the rest subjects sterile. It’s just that there are many ways to stop a woman from getting pregnant and only two to stop a man from getting her pregnant. You can either make it so he doesn’t make sperm or the sperm he makes are not viable. You could make it so he doesn’t release any but that’s more surgical. For a woman you can make the egg not release, not implant, not able to be fertilized, not develop a uterine lining, have a period even in spite of implantation. You see how this goes.
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