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phylny

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27. Here's my thought, and what we always taught our daughters.

Thu Mar 17, 2016, 04:49 PM

Mar 2016

Use a condom and use a secondary method of birth control. Be in charge of your reproductive lives. Whether a guy is lying or not, you have to be in charge of your own body.

Pregnancy isn't the worst thing that can happen to you. Condoms, especially for a situation where you're not in a committed relationships, are mandatory. If they guy doesn't want to wear one, walk away.

Having said that, I'm always amazed at how many young mothers and fathers I know who have unprotected sex and then are stunned that they become pregnant. Seriously, it's not that difficult to avoid.

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Contraceptive Pill For Men? Scientists Moving Closer To Creating Birth Control For Males [View all] Stellar Mar 2016 OP

Thank you, god. WhaTHellsgoingonhere Mar 2016 #1

That's the argument always given against women's reproductive choices gollygee Mar 2016 #2

I posed it as a question because I don't know if it matters. People don't care when they're drunk WhaTHellsgoingonhere Mar 2016 #6

Naw, it won't have any effects like that Warpy Mar 2016 #8

Equal opportunity lol WhaTHellsgoingonhere Mar 2016 #11

Here's my thought, and what we always taught our daughters. phylny Mar 2016 #27

It would be a godsend to many married men NickB79 Mar 2016 #35

Question To Women Here ProfessorGAC Mar 2016 #3

How many women do you trust who say, "I'm on the pill" snooper2 Mar 2016 #4

If The Guy Pulls a "Hit The Trail" ProfessorGAC Mar 2016 #7

No consequences except for child support for 18 years NobodyHere Mar 2016 #29

If They Find Him ProfessorGAC Mar 2016 #36

Virtually none of them. Chan790 Mar 2016 #10

Men would lie to get laid? JonathanRackham Mar 2016 #14

Through lack of alternatives, men have been forced to trust women for decades. lumberjack_jeff Mar 2016 #19

Then We Disagree ProfessorGAC Mar 2016 #37

It doesn't matter. Gormy Cuss Mar 2016 #28

Only an idiot "trusts" another person with their reproductive choices. Xithras Mar 2016 #41

I can just about guarantee that this will be a failure Orrex Mar 2016 #5

"Minnesota University"? mac56 Mar 2016 #9

I'm skeptical of this...but I do know that Parsemus is getting close with its Vasalgel project. Chan790 Mar 2016 #12

Condoms worked fine for us. JonathanRackham Mar 2016 #13

Your wife is there for that purpose, right? Put all the extra pills in her body. nt Stellar Mar 2016 #18

I'm not sure what you're referring to? JonathanRackham Mar 2016 #33

The doublethink in this thread is hilarious. linuxman Mar 2016 #15

Wouldn't a photo of Sarah Palin be cheaper? nt One_Life_To_Give Mar 2016 #16

Wondering what side effects it will have. . B Calm Mar 2016 #17

What does 99% effective mean? Donald Ian Rankin Mar 2016 #20

I think it's better now then it was when I first used them at 98%. But... Stellar Mar 2016 #22

Wait, what? Donald Ian Rankin Mar 2016 #31

In general, when talking birth control, effective means "per year" Thor_MN Mar 2016 #34

The problems have long been political and business - not scientific. lumberjack_jeff Mar 2016 #21

If it was real and it worked, fucks to the yes I'd take it. Iggo Mar 2016 #23

No more child support payments? Stellar Mar 2016 #24

LOL...we see the same future, it seems. Iggo Mar 2016 #25

+1 As my husband would say... Stellar Mar 2016 #26

+1 NobodyHere Mar 2016 #30

And you know damn well insurance will cover it KamaAina Mar 2016 #32

A condom isn't birth control? davidn3600 Mar 2016 #38

How about that! Stellar Mar 2016 #39

My husband will be so excited. Oh wait, since I am man, do I take it too?! Behind the Aegis Mar 2016 #40

Yep, you've ALWAYS needed both. Stellar Mar 2016 #42