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This article rubs me up the wrong way because it seems to imply that the standards for male and female contraception are different when really it seems to come

by throwaway22032 2y ago

This article rubs me up the wrong way because it seems to imply that the standards for male and female contraception are different when really it seems to come down to the time periods involved. The pill probably wouldn't be approved today and even the modern IUD is 35-50 years old depending on how you count it. It seems to me that the overriding factor is that we just had different standards for what constituted significant side effects back then. If there were some sort of grand conspiracy to make women suffer then this would be a really roundabout way to do it over just banning birth control or never researching it at all.

Auracle 2y ago
I could only make it partway through the article before throwing up in my mouth so I don’t know if they mention that the FDA standards for birth control are balanced against the risk of pregnancy - which of course, men have none. I do find it absolutely incredible how little women are warned about the side effects though. They go a good portion (or the entire portion of their fertile years) potentially thinking that their sex drive is just that low, having been on it since they were 15 and not knowing any better. Hell, some studies have shown being on hormonal BC might actually affect who you’re attracted to, which is all fine and dandy until you stop taking it… My wife went on birth control for the first time when I was dating her in college and the first few things she tried basically changed her into a different person, personality-wise. To be blunt, they turned her into a bitch. If that happened when she was a teen I don’t know if anyone would have noticed. As far as what’s mentioned in the article, I don’t see how they’re getting around the issue of your testosterone levels and fertility potentially not rebounding after being on testosterone replacement long enough. Does that other hormone somehow help with that?

Auracle 2y ago

I could only make it partway through the article before throwing up in my mouth so I don’t know if they mention that the FDA standards for birth control are balanced against the risk of pregnancy - which of course, men have none. I do find it absolutely incredible how little women are warned about the side effects though. They go a good portion (or the entire portion of their fertile years) potentially thinking that their sex drive is just that low, having been on it since they were 15 and not knowing any better. Hell, some studies have shown being on hormonal BC might actually affect who you’re attracted to, which is all fine and dandy until you stop taking it… My wife went on birth control for the first time when I was dating her in college and the first few things she tried basically changed her into a different person, personality-wise. To be blunt, they turned her into a bitch. If that happened when she was a teen I don’t know if anyone would have noticed. As far as what’s mentioned in the article, I don’t see how they’re getting around the issue of your testosterone levels and fertility potentially not rebounding after being on testosterone replacement long enough. Does that other hormone somehow help with that?