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?

Absolutely not.

If someone is going to have sex with someone they’ve just met, without a condom more fool them. That goes both ways.

I agree What i meant was there will be some men who try it on

I suppose it depends on the man, but I think I’d always feel better doubling up even if the man was trustworthy beyond a doubt

Plenty of women don’t use it properly so I’m sure the same would apply the other way around.
if everyone takes it, it will be safer all round

No. I'd like to say that I'd trust my husband but he often doesn't remember to take his prescription medication without a reminder.

This.

Never.

There are plenty of couples where the woman would be happy to have a(nother) child and the man is the one who really doesn't want it.

This is a good option for men in those circumstances - they are no longer dependent on trusting their female partner to take the pill.

I certainly wouldn't trust a man to take it as our sole contraception if I didn't want to conceive though.

It's to do with consent in my eyes. E.g. removing a condom without consent of both parties is called stealthing & is illegal in some countries as it violates the other party's body & boundaries.

Consent is poorly adhered to and problematic for a great many men. Why would I trust them to a) honour consent when it'd be so easy for me not to know they've broken it and b) the impact of pregnancy is far far far less for them.

I wouldn’t trust a man no, but I’d encourage my sons to take it as well as using barrier contraception. I also wouldn’t want them trusting a woman to take the pill and taking no responsibility themselves.

too many posts on here about women deliberately getting pregnant.

Lol, I can see a lot of men taking this on the sly during the 'trying to conceive' months just to prolong the sex.

"DH, we've been trying for a year non-stop and still no baby... don't you think we should get your sperm count checked?"

[Stops taking it during the doctor's visit]
...all clear!

"I think we just need to keep trying daily!"

Depends on the man. I would definitely trust my DP to take it because he absolutely does not want to be a parent, and never has. He would be eating these things like Smarties.

I've always said I would trust a man to take the Pill the day they can get pregnant and anecdotally, most of my female friends have felt the same.
I'm sure there are endless blokes who would be diligent but it's the old bacon and eggs scenario. The chicken is involved, the pig is committed.

Yes, I would trust DH to do this. If I didn’t trust him to take a pill when he told me he would, even though the consequences would be me having to have an abortion, I wouldn’t be with him. It feels like a low bar tbh.

With my husband, probably. Otherwise, I would use my own method.

My husband can often not remember why he went upstairs so definitely not.

Only if I was in a LTR with a man I utterly trusted and only if he took it in front of me for the first couple months so I could be sure he was in the habit. Even then I’d probably use a backup method if I REALLY didn’t want any surprises, like a diaphragm or something.

Thankfully my DH had the snip and I’m having a hysterectomy soon so luckily don’t need to worry anymore!

On the whole, no I wouldn't. Women are the ones who get pregnant and so are left carrying the baby, literally and metaphorically. Men have less motivation.

No.

The only person I have ever trusted to make sure I don't have an unplanned pregnancy is me. I wouldn't ever want that responsibility in someone else's hands .

Not in a million years but I’d prefer to be responsible for my own contraception anyway.

There probably will be but we need to make sure we insist or it’s our fault as well

I’ve always believed that 2 forms of birth control are best in most circumstances. So a male contraceptive pill would just be one of those.

pre-vasectomy, i would have trusted my husband with a male birth control pill as our sole form of protection. He took our contraception seriously and as a joint effort like every man should. Though truthfully we probably would have used it in concert with something like tracking and condoms during fertile periods.

Yes but only with my husband.