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[–] Maeve@kbin.earth 3 points 8 hours ago

I thought this was being tested a couple of years ago?

[–] bitjunkie@lemmy.world 22 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

…in mice, after massive, cancer-causing doses, probably.

I'm tired of hearing about this shit. Put it to market or stop talking about it.

[–] Smoogs@lemmy.world 10 points 16 hours ago

Yeah just push it out to public. Just like they did with women's contraceptives.

[–] harambe69@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 11 hours ago (2 children)

Kinda hard to make male contraceptives. Women are naturally infertile for most of the time not spent actively ovulating. They are permanently infertile during pregnancy, real or synthetic. But men? We're always churning out swimmers. When that process stops, something has gone very wrong.

So, artificially induce a naturally occurring phenomenon vs artificially terminate a constant mechanism.

[–] sneakypersimmon@lemmy.today 7 points 9 hours ago

It is more difficult, but still worth working towards it.

[–] colourlessidea@sopuli.xyz 5 points 9 hours ago

Well not with that attitude!

[–] daniskarma@lemmy.dbzer0.com 21 points 22 hours ago

This kind of news is an annual event at this point.

[–] kittenzrulz123@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

I have a different solution, its called being a transbian :3

[–] Allero@lemmy.today 4 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

How so? Unless you remove testicles, or your partner is also a trans person, you're still 100% able to have offspring together

[–] kittenzrulz123@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

I was being more silly than serious :3

[–] Allero@lemmy.today 2 points 3 hours ago

Hehe alright!

[–] HugeNerd@lemmy.ca 90 points 1 day ago (9 children)

I just use my personality. Seems simpler.

[–] SkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.de 34 points 23 hours ago

The new stuff is reversible

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[–] SocialMediaRefugee@lemmy.world 2 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

Easier to target one egg cell than millions of sperm germ cells.

[–] Allero@lemmy.today 11 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

Sure. But the demand is here on both sides, not just one.

Male contraceptives allow men to have reproductive agency beyond condoms and vasectomy, and they can be used in couples where women prefer not to use non-barrier contraception for health reasons or personal reservations.

[–] Leg@sh.itjust.works 7 points 10 hours ago

My situation right here. Condoms suck, vasectomy is too much, and birth control isn't on the table. Please give me a pill already.

[–] chicken@lemmy.dbzer0.com 156 points 1 day ago (6 children)

That's great but I've been seeing articles like this for decades so I'll believe it when there's an actual working product you can actually get

[–] elucubra@sopuli.xyz 7 points 22 hours ago

Scientists at Cornell University

may be

closing in

[–] But_my_mom_says_im_cool@lemmy.world 41 points 1 day ago (11 children)

Right? Im scheduled for a vasectomy in a month, this ain’t stopping me.

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[–] xxce2AAb@feddit.dk 111 points 1 day ago

Cool. More options for reproductive agency are always welcome.

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