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She is making a GREAT point (lemmy.world)
submitted 10 months ago by to c/lemmyshitpost@lemmy.world
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[–] 42 points 10 months ago (18 children)

Dumb. It's a lot easier to stop one egg a month, than zillions of sperm multiple times a day. Simple as that.

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  • [–] 16 points 10 months ago (14 children)

    Condoms are a lot cheaper than the pill and don't come with side effects

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  • [–] 7 points 10 months ago (3 children)

    Many people of any gender find sex much less enjoyable with a condom.

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  • [–] 2 points 10 months ago (7 children)

    Condoms are horrible for birth control though.

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  • [–] 1 point 10 months ago (6 children)

    Based on what?

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  • [–] 2 points 10 months ago* (5 children)
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  • [–] 2 points 10 months ago (4 children)

    So you picked the local stat that makes your case instead of the 98% effective against unplanned pregnancy when used as directed cited by the World Health Organization and everyone else on the planet. What your NHS statistic proves is that without sex education, condoms are less effective. What does that not apply to?

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  • [–] 2 points 10 months ago* (3 children)

    No, the same study that said "when used as directed," also pointed out "real world practice," and that's what I quoted, because most of us, myself included, live in the real world, so that's the statistic that is most relevant. The other statistic is going to get people pregnant.

    My car's manufacturer tells me that my car will get 30 miles a gallon. It gets about 24. If I ignore my gas gauge, and calculate my gas milage based on the manufacturer's claims, I'm going to be sitting on the side of the highway, waiting for AAA. If you rely solely on condoms for birth control, you will get pregnant.

    Real world is the only thing that matters.

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  • [–] 4 points 10 months ago (1 child)

    Not if ya snip snip

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  • [–] 3 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

    Exactly. In the case of men, that has turned out to be the most effective method in blocking a literal flood of sperm.

    People claim that men wouldn't use a daily pill, but guys don't want their women getting pregnant any more than the women do, at least not until they are ready. If it existed, most guys would gladly take a pill that would keep them from 18 years of child support, just like most women do. In fact, having double contraception would reduce unwanted pregnancies significantly, which would also reduce the abortion rate, which might help bringing down the political temperature a bit (no, it won't).

    It's not us men resisting male contraception, most of us would love it. It's just not mechanically as easy to do for men as it is for women. It's a science problem, not a market segment problem. Make it, and there will be customers for it.

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