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submitted by magna-cum-nada
In response to an article published in a Puerto Rican newspaper, which described how clinical trials in Germany for an injectable hormonal contraceptive for men were stopped. Why? The side effects suffered by 1 in 10 men were too awful and consisted of depression, weight gain and acne… THOSE ARE EXACTLY THE SAME SIDE EFFECTS THAT WOMEN ON HORMONAL BIRTH CONTROL SUFFER. Damn the patriarchy.
[Image description: head of a corgi on a pink and blue alternating background. Text above reads “no hormonal contraceptives for men”. Bottom text reads “Side effects are too awful: depression, weight gain, acne, wtf”. End description]
From my short dealings with FDA regulations this actually does make sense. If the side effects for BC for men were depression, weight gain, and acne, and the alternative (no bc) had no side effects, then they would say BC for men was not healthy. Why is it healthy for women then? Because the alternative is getting pregnant. Generally speaking being pregnant exposes you to more health risks than depression, weight gain, and acne so they felt that in that case BC WAS healthy.
Medicine is a very selfish thing, the doctors are supposed to consider what is best for the patient first, and in this case BC for the male may not be best.
Not to say that this is in anyway fair. It’s not fair that women have to bear the brunt of a pregnancy occurring even though it takes two to make the thing occur. One could also argue that the side effects are something the male should consider for themselves. I know men who would gladly deal with the side effects if they didn’t have to worry about a condom breaking or getting a vasectomy. I just felt that this statement needed a bit of explanation.
If anyone knows more about the incident I would love to read the logic behind the decision.
Re-reblogging for the interesting comment !
I feel like this alternative, the man taking the pill, would be in only one case: that the woman and the man share a committed relationship, for a long time.
The advantage with the woman taking the contraceptive pill is that she is free with her own body, with whom to sleep, etc.. And let’s be honest: acne? Seriously? It’s very well known that since it balances your hormones, it stops your acne. My skin got SO much better when I started taking it, you have no idea. Depression? Well, I never heard of that and couldn’t judge because I noticed no change before & after and weight gain: only if the pill you are taking isn’t the right one for you. There are lots of different types of pills, and all the different ones I tried never made me gain weight, but one, that was bad for me on a lot of levels. And that is the same with every type of medicine: if it’s not fitted for your body, it’ll do you wrong. But if you are prescribed one that is good for you, you won’t have all those side effects.
And frankly, the injections were done in the testicles for those tests. And I think that’s really awful. I’d rather take a pill every day than know my man has to be shot in the testicles every other month/year/whatever.
This type of feminism is a bit stupid to me, and very one-sided just to get their point across :/](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lpiug8ale91r0l18xo1_500.jpg)
submitted by magna-cum-nada
In response to an article published in a Puerto Rican newspaper, which described how clinical trials in Germany for an injectable hormonal contraceptive for men were stopped. Why? The side effects suffered by 1 in 10 men were too awful and consisted of depression, weight gain and acne… THOSE ARE EXACTLY THE SAME SIDE EFFECTS THAT WOMEN ON HORMONAL BIRTH CONTROL SUFFER. Damn the patriarchy.
[Image description: head of a corgi on a pink and blue alternating background. Text above reads “no hormonal contraceptives for men”. Bottom text reads “Side effects are too awful: depression, weight gain, acne, wtf”. End description]
From my short dealings with FDA regulations this actually does make sense. If the side effects for BC for men were depression, weight gain, and acne, and the alternative (no bc) had no side effects, then they would say BC for men was not healthy. Why is it healthy for women then? Because the alternative is getting pregnant. Generally speaking being pregnant exposes you to more health risks than depression, weight gain, and acne so they felt that in that case BC WAS healthy.
Medicine is a very selfish thing, the doctors are supposed to consider what is best for the patient first, and in this case BC for the male may not be best.
Not to say that this is in anyway fair. It’s not fair that women have to bear the brunt of a pregnancy occurring even though it takes two to make the thing occur. One could also argue that the side effects are something the male should consider for themselves. I know men who would gladly deal with the side effects if they didn’t have to worry about a condom breaking or getting a vasectomy. I just felt that this statement needed a bit of explanation.
If anyone knows more about the incident I would love to read the logic behind the decision.
Re-reblogging for the interesting comment !
I feel like this alternative, the man taking the pill, would be in only one case: that the woman and the man share a committed relationship, for a long time.
The advantage with the woman taking the contraceptive pill is that she is free with her own body, with whom to sleep, etc.. And let’s be honest: acne? Seriously? It’s very well known that since it balances your hormones, it stops your acne. My skin got SO much better when I started taking it, you have no idea. Depression? Well, I never heard of that and couldn’t judge because I noticed no change before & after and weight gain: only if the pill you are taking isn’t the right one for you. There are lots of different types of pills, and all the different ones I tried never made me gain weight, but one, that was bad for me on a lot of levels. And that is the same with every type of medicine: if it’s not fitted for your body, it’ll do you wrong. But if you are prescribed one that is good for you, you won’t have all those side effects.
And frankly, the injections were done in the testicles for those tests. And I think that’s really awful. I’d rather take a pill every day than know my man has to be shot in the testicles every other month/year/whatever.
This type of feminism is a bit stupid to me, and very one-sided just to get their point across :/
