POLL: Male birth control pill...would you use it?

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Targeted and temporary paralytic drugs don't usually have much in the terms of side-effects, though those that do usually involve serious and permanent nerve damage to the targeted area (meaning you'd NEVER be able to). Personally, I'd rather take something that actually damaged the existing sperm (and stuck around for a little while to damage the new ones) so long as it didn't actually damage the production process.

 

I would definately consider this after it has been out for a while so there has been a decent amount of troubleshooting.

Would generally abstain from sex than use a condom and it would be nice not to have to give all the responsibility to the woman. At least I wouldnt become a father because she forgot, if I make my own bed I can sleep in it but it wouldnt be fun if someone else made it for me and forced me to sleep.

 

No. I'm not convinced that it would not interfere with sensation...AFAIK, it is the contraction of the ejaculatory muscles which (atleast partially) cause the pleasurable sensation.

Anyway, I don't plan on ever having children, so a vasectomy would suit me better.

Participating in the control group of these tests could be interesting.

 

For me, it's thanks, but no thanks.

Being allergic to latex forced me to seek alternatives, a thing I found in polyurethane condoms. I hate condoms - this sounds contradictory, but I simply swear by the polyurethane ones, let me explain: First, since polyurethane is considerably stronger than latex, those condoms are *much* thinner and feel natural, something that no latex condom has ever achieved. Second, the cherry on the sundae - polyurethane conducts body heat, which adds to the impression of wearing nothing.

Besides... I hate taking pills, so chalk one more point up in favor of polyurethane condoms.

Hehe.

 

Thanks for clearing that one up Arahar. After seeing this:

and not reading the article, I was like "WTF?? Then why bother doing it at all?"

Okay, so my plan is: wait for ya'll to test it, put up a poll and then decide based on what happens to you guys whether I'll take it or not

 

If for some reason the better half missed her depo, then potentially yes. Seems more likely that if we realised, she'd go to the clinic that evening and we'd make do for a couple of days.

 

Don't they cost alot more, though?

 

I don't know if I'm old-fashioned or scared of sexually transmitted diseases, but eww... hell no.

 

As means of comparaison, a 6-pack of polyurethane condoms costs about $8.59, which means about $1.43 per condom. In bulk, that slips down to $1.25. Regular latex chings at 0.82, bulk 0.69$.

So yes, polyurethane is much more expensive than latex... but apart from natural membrane (read: lamb skin) which doesen't even protect against STDs (and gads knows I'm not comfortable slipping on lamb skin on my shaft), polyurethane is my only other option - the swelling part I can live with, but the redness and itchiness caused by latex drives me crazy. I don't care stashing out a bit more because for me polyurethane is far superior to latex.

 

Crap, that's expensive. You can get a hooker for a week in Amsterdam with that.

 

Well, I guess it wouldn't be too expensive if you don't have sex all that often. If you are a wild stallion, on the other hand, polyurethane would not be very nice on the wallet.

 

I think I'd wait for all the bugs to be ironed out and for a fully patched version to be rolled out before I'd take a drug like that. But if guys have been using it for a few years without problems, then sure - I'd use it, if I was in that situation.

 

If you're having sex once a day it would be about $15 a month but 2 times a day would push the $30 figure so it'd be better she go on the pill at a set cost of about $20 a month.

The economics of sexual frequency... facinating.

 

Damn Barmy! At those rates, she'd probably come with the disease free of charge as well

 

Well, all-in-all, it's an interesting possibility.

Firstly, all those nay-sayers who quail at the unknown possibility of side-effects (no trials yet), I say you're all a bunch of selfish sexists considering you probably have no qualms about your g/f or wife (or mistress ) take hormonal treatments that have KNOWN side-effects!

Condoms break, vasectomies can reverse themselves (wonderful thing our bodies' ability to heal) and, really, the only 100% safe method is ABSTINANCE, but this sounds like a good idea.

If I didn't practically abstain already, I'd be up for it.


Um....and well, as for 'how it works' - this is a little unsettling (as well as somewhat embarrassing to admit) but the effect described is something I'm already doing.

Well, I can...man! How to keep this 'clean'?!?

...I know - dry, clinical language!

When engaged in coitial activity with my wife, I will invariably reach the usual conclusion, however - even though I experience all the expected sensations of orgasm; the muscle tremors, the electric tingling throught the body, the...damn, how to *describe it*? - the feeling of my brain simultaneously exploding and shrinking into nothingness - all that.

But, as for *ejaculation*, it just doesn't happen.

Well, after concentrating on 'thinking through' the feelings, I've been able to figure out what's happening - there's a 'control valve' in the eurethra that switches access from the bladder to the testes/prostate, and I *think* I'm ending up 'spilling my seed' into my bladder.

I have noticed urination for some time after 'activity' can be...not quite uncomfortable...but more 'weird-feeling'.

I'd read years ago in a sex-advice column of an order of monks that trained themselves to do just this - expel their semen into their bladders - I guess to cover any evidence of impious behaviour as much as birth control. Maybe I'd managed to unconsciously figure out how to do it myself, or maybe I just have a congenital defect down there (not that I'd be comfortable discussing this with a doctor - y'all are the first besides my wife to learn of this), who knows?

And I can't be sure that this is the cause (embarrassment precluding medical examination/advice, remember? ) but this sort of thing may cause...um...'irregularity'. So side-effects may include a broader base of things than one would expect.

ANYWAYS, as such, you can understand why I feel a sense of deja vu about this whole thing!

But overall, I approve of this and would probably take it (once clear of medical trials and approval) if applicable.

Shoshino DID have a valid point about it running counter with 'spontenaity', though - but you could say the same about finding/using a condom...and users of Viagra (and it's knock-offs) DO deal with this issue already.

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EDIT: Oh, and gentlemen? *DON'T* keep condoms in your wallet! (Unless you keep your wallet in a jacket or similar, not tight against your body like in a pants pocket)

 

OK, maybe it's me, but I don't know anyone who has sex twice a day for a month straight. I can certainly see once a day, especially in the early parts of the romance, but twice a day? Do you have jobs? Simply going to work every morning and not getting home until the evening would likely limit you to once a day in most cases.

 

Jaded, I don't think what you're describing is the same as what the pill does. Supposedly, the pill will paralyze the 'expell' muscles all together, so the semen doesn't go anywhere, it just sits there. And don't worry, the body has natural processes for the handling of any buildup, which can include a gradual release into the bladder.

 

I don't like all this talk of "paralysing" muscles down there. It makes me a bit queasy to think about it.

 

I just had to put a female opinion in here - don't forget that a fair number of women can't use birth control because of allergies, medication conflicts, etc. And condoms have a higher-than-comfortable failure rate, not to mention possibly allergies to those too. So personally, I was really happy when I heard about this stuff.

 

That's quite wicked actually. Do you come here often? That's not a sleezy pulling technique, I just notice you've been here for not too far off 5 years now and have made 27 posts! Post more, we need more female views around here. There's enough testosterone on BoM to sink a battleship!