Would you trust a man to take the contraceptive Pill?

[JenniferBooth]

This has been talked about since i was a teenager (im now in my early 50s so not personally affected any more) but it looks like American scientists may have cracked it. YCT-529 prevents sperm production without affecting testosterone levels or disrupting libido. It targets a protein called retinoic acid receptor alpha which plays a crucial role in making sperm. By blocking this receptor the drug stops sperm production without interfering with male hormones.
Im too old to worry about this now personally but if this had been available when i was younger i would have said no and continued with my own contraception being childfree by choice.
So would posters here think that men should share the burden of contraception re a Pill or would you want to stay in control?

I'd probably stick with doubling up myself but I've been lucky with hormonal contraception.

Nope I wouldn't trust any man to do this

No.

I think it could be good for a couple where the woman cant take hormonal contraception for health reasons but i can see some men using it to shag around on dating apps and trying to use it as an excuse to wriggle out of using condoms

No. The impact of not taking it properly doesn't fall on him, does it?

EXACTLY

Nope. I am in charge of my body.

No. He's not the one that will be pushing a baby out of his body and possibly endanger his health or even his life in so doing. He certainly isn't the one that will spend the rest of his life caring for or worrying about another human being on some level. Women have got the best vested interest in the world to take precautions. Men don't so why would they?

No. If many of them have to be reminded to use a condom then why would they make a big effort to take something which presumably has side effects? Especially when not taking it doesn't have consequences that affect them. I think my boyfriend would willingly take it, but actually remembering to take it and following rules (e.g. doubling up after diarrhea, taking at a certain time etc.) is where I'd struggle to trust in a male pill.

I (and perhaps the men) would prefer something like a three or six monthly injection with some sort of shareable record/certificate.

Depends on the man. I’d trust DH because I know he really, really doesn’t want another baby!

I think it's brilliant. My attitude has always been my body, my choice, your body yours.

If you don't want kids, you sort the protection, if they don't, then they sort it. If nobody wants children, then you've doubled up, what's not to like?

In a more casual relationship, condoms should still be a must.

Does it protect against HIV and syphillis, I guess not

Yes I would trust DH because he is generally trustworthy and I know he doesn’t want more DC.

A man I hadn’t known very long, definitely not. In fact any of my ex boyfriends - no.

As I understand from MN no one should trust anyone except themselves when it comes to contaception. Men or women.
Don't want baby, take care of your own contraception.

Wish I could trust them but that's a hard NO.

For casual sex? No However it would mea that men who don't ant to be fathers have the ability to stop themselves being fathers. They can't claim she tricke me when there's something they can do themselves.

In a lon term relationship... yes if we both didn't want more children

I'd trust my husband with it. Some of the men I see posted about on here who need every aspect of their lives outside of work and football micromanaged by their poor wives? Not a chance.

I wouldn’t trust a man no. I would use my own contraception at the same time.

But I still think the male pill should exist. You read in here and other places men not wanting the feel of condoms then expecting the woman to abort the inevitable consequence of that. Or expecting a women to take medication that affects her emotions and increases the risk of cancer.

then of course there is the counter argument. Many here saying the wouldn’t trust a man and yet without condoms a man has to trust a woman. The excuse “I thought she was on the pill” won’t be valid anymore with a male pill.

If didn't trust him to take the pill. I wouldn't be trusting him enough to have S** with him!

@JenniferBooth wow! you cant even trust a man to take the rubbish out so why would you trust him to take a contraceptive pill?

No but I'm glad they have something to help protect themselves.

It would help burst the whole narrative about men being tricked into having kids! I think it’s good extra level of protection, frankly. I wouldn’t rely on it if I didn’t want to be pregnant though.

Every adult is in charge of their own contraception. A male pill means that men can protect themselves. It adds to their limited arsenal... condoms or vasectomy, essentially.

Women still need to protect themselves as they always have.

It may be useful in a trusting, longterm relationship for women who cannot use other methods. But handing over responsibility to another person always carries risks, no matter which side of the equation you are on.

I’d trust my husband 100%

Can you imagine the anti vaxxers with this? Those against MMR jabs etc. They are not going to take it. Maybe if the side effects were a six pack, a bigger cock, attractive to the opposite sex then possibly they would. Then there would be partners who secretly don't want a baby so they do take it We've read the posts on here. But just taking someones word for it? No.