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Maybe because the side effects for female contraceptive pill are 99% lower than the ones for the male contraceptive "pill"?

http://edition.cnn.com/2016/10/30/health/male-birth-control/

I mean, one would think that anyone with the minimum sense of logical thinking would understand that it is way easier to prevent 1 (as one, singular) single egg to get fixated in the uterus during the course of 28 days, than to prevent millions (as in > 1000000) of spermatozoids to be produced every single day.

But perhaps it's just me that actually looked at the obvious numbers...

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[citation needed] (for your claim that the prototype male "pill" is 100x as bad as the existing female pill)

The side effects of female hormonal birth control are really bad for plenty of women.

"The side effects of female hormonal birth control are really bad for plenty of women."

I think you lack at least some grasp of basic statistics.

As for the 99%, just read TFA.

I wouldn't be so quick to dismiss female contraceptive side effects. I know it's anecdotal but my wife quality of life improved a lot after she stopped taking them. And it was not brand related because she used like 4 different ones.

That pill is entirely different from what the article up top is talking about.

That's why "pill" is inside quotes.

And in any case, basic biology and the presented numbers still stand as the reality.

The reality is that it's a lot easier to block the sperm than the egg. The former just requires a bit of intestine, or latex if you feel like being modern. Zero side effects too, at least for those without allergies to the material.

No, but he's saying that the "pill" that you're talking about, in quotes or not, is completely different from what's described in this article, so it's irrelevant.

It also has literally nothing to do with the thread in question, which is discussing whether one should advocate for these kinds of contraceptives when they may increase the rate of STDs.

The article disagrees with you. It references a study that says 30% of women stop using the pill due to adverse side effects. Fewer than 10% of men in the male pill study stopped use due to adverse side effects.

It's certainly obvious with minimal logical thinking. But when you think about it a little more, you realize that such an argument doesn't actually make sense.

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