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[andrewducker]

• Birth control for men in one injection
  Woohaa!
  (tags: contraception men)

Comments

[henriksdal.livejournal.com]

Haven't they been on about this for a few years now? Anyway, they should bloody hurry it up, me having had a very interesting conversation with my previous-lesbian-now-seeing-a-man friend going on the pill when she didn't want to. The whole conversation with her about it had me gritting my teeth in rage, yet I think if this option existed he would happily take it.

Mind, I was idly looking at the ASDA own brand lube in the supermarket the other day and wondered why, when I'm all OK not having sex of a certain type if my lady partner doesn't want it like that, this is apparently never, ever, ever an option with hetero-sex. I think this might be a pub discussion..

Also, are condom failure rates significantly low? Is the pill 100%?

I love how clueless I am about all of this :D

[erindubitably.livejournal.com]

Pill is about 2% failure rate, I think. Condoms, when they work/are used perfectly, are about the same, but in the real world are about 10% failure rate.

[andrewducker]

What's never an option with hetero-sex? I'm somewhat lost.

And your friend shouldn't go on the pill if she doesn't want to. Julie's not on the pill - it's not mandatory...

[marrog.livejournal.com]

But the failure rate is so high with condoms... if I was in a het relationship I would absolutely be on something else.

[andrewducker]

And if you had problems with hormones, what would that something else be?

[marrog.livejournal.com]

I suppose I'd've been having non-heteronormative sex all this time until this fabby new jab appeared for my bloke? That or I'd have a non-hormone-release coil or maybe be using a diaphragm, which used properly and in conjunction with a condom is pretty effective.

[henriksdal.livejournal.com]

aha - non-heteronormative is the word I'd completely forgotten about but had my brain scrabbling for.

[channelpenguin.livejournal.com]

plain IUD. Yes they can be done if you ahvne't had kids. I've had 2.

[henriksdal.livejournal.com]

sorry - I was being a bit shy, I meant penetrative sex. Also I'm not sure I even know how to spell it.. Apparently it's not sex with a boy without it? Ick, it made me feel queasy, having someone clearly a bit upset because they didn't want to be on the pill but felt like they had no choice.

[andrewducker]

Of course not all sex needs to be penetrative. But most men focus on it - it's (mostly) what they want. Some relationships may work around this, of course, but most want. I'd have thought the reasons behind this would be a tad obvious...

And nobody needs to be on the pill. There are alternatives.

[henriksdal.livejournal.com]

Well, yes. I'm not quite *that* oblivious to the basics of heterosex. :>