Why is there no “birth control” for men? Women have multiple options; pill, IUD, etc. But for men, we only have options like a vasectomy or condoms, spermicide lube. Is there a reason why there hasn’t been a “birth control pill” for men?
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the issue is that unlike with Women where their cycle is controlled hormonally and its fairly regular hence offering a point that can be manipulated, men have a constant hormonal state(think of it as ,not having an off switch).
take the birth control pill for instance, the way it works for women is by effectively trciking the body to beleive its already “pregnant”: this supressses the menstrual cycle since, as far as the body knows there is no point, you are already pregnant. this is techincally a natural state(as on a natural pregnancy there is no menstruation) hence there are no noteworthy sideffects under normal situations.
for men this entry point doesnt exist. you could in theory influence the hormonal balance to acheive somethnig similar, but because this is not a Natural state the body treats this as “something is wrong” which can lead to a number of side effects.
afaik there were tests for a pill for men, but they got termniated due to the dangers of the side effects whihc created situations like massive mood swings whihc were as extreme as introducing a risk of suicide.
Beleive me: if there was a safe “pill” for men that would be amazing for men that want to av oid the follies of ” babytrapping”.
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