Conclusions and perspectives
All in all, with the fact that we now know that a male hormonal contraceptive is possible, it is basically up to the pharmaceutical companies as to whether or not they want to invest the time, money, and effort into developing this as a product.
Male hormonal contraception
Though there have been many positive advancements, there is still a lot of development needed to adhere to certain diverse aspects like race, health conditions, and other aspects that could affects the hormonal control of spermatogenesis.
Background
Spermatogenesis is the process of the production of sperm. Hormonal active agents have been proven to be a clinically applicable contraceptive for men.
Culturally influenced gender dynamics and adequate understanding of FP/C information were highlighted as key factors that influenced male attitudes and perceptions about contraceptive use, whether positively or negatively. Male opposition was attributed to limited understanding; misunderstandings about side-effects; male dominance in relationships; and physical abuse. These factors contributed to covert or discontinued use by female partners. Pathways identified through which male partners positively influenced FP/C uptake and access include: social support, adequate information, and shared responsibility.
A mans stand point on family planning and contraception is based typically on what they know about the topics. There is a lot of misconceptions and bad presumptions about some of the information about contraception causing men to be against it.
The male partner plays a key role in reproductive health but data on this topic are outdated or have a predominant HIV prevention focus.
Studies done in the 19th and 20th century typically focus around HIV because of the AIDS epidemic, even more strongly in California with San Francisco being an epicenter for AIDS support.
South Africa faces numerous reproductive challenges that include high rates of unplanned and adolescent pregnancies.
Adolescent pregnancy is a universal issue, not strictly an american issue. A lot of third world countries continue to see younger and younger girls getting pregnant every day, some as young as 11 or 12.
The researchers will soon launch a three-month clinical study to test sperm counts in men taking the drug. If those results are good, the pill will be tested by couples as contraception.
In order to understand the drug, they first test it on a singular subject to see how it affects their testosterone levels and other vital aspects of reproduction like sperm count. Once those results prove good enough, they will test on couples to see if it works as a contraceptive.
As for side effects, the men overall gained a small amount of weight and saw a drop in their “good” high-density cholesterol levels.
Similar side effects were taking place in the study for men.
making a single dose less likely to work for contraception. And an excess of the hormone can damage the liver. DMAU, which becomes an active compound called dimethandrolone in the body, is designed to avoid these issues, the researchers say.
The subject would have to continuously take DMAU in order it to be effective as a contraceptive, making it just like the pill that women take, missing a day could run the pill ineffective.
by manipulating levels of certain hormones so that the body backs off on making its own. In men, extra testosterone suppresses the brain’s release of luteinizing hormone and follicle-stimulating hormone, which stops testicles from making testosterone as well as sperm (SN: 9/2/17, p. 20). Once the treatment ends, the body goes back to producing reproductive hormones and fertility returns.
The scientific data to back up the fact that there are no serious side effects from suppressing testosterone in men, if they continued to study the drug and widen their subject pool for testing, maybe even test it on subjects who suffer from certain diseases, they would be able to better understand how DMAU affects different people with different levels of health.
Surveys show that many men are interested in forms of contraception besides condoms and vasectomies, she says, and men “would prefer a pill.” Other methods, including topical gels, are also being developed.
With surveys and studies showing that men would be willing to contribute to the shared responsibility of birth control, would this push the study, experimentation, and development of a pill such as DMAU?
dimethandrolone undecanoate, or DMAU, had reduced levels of hormones including testosterone that are necessary for sperm production.
With testosterone being a male hormone, could this possibly be troubling to the man using this suppressant?
A once-daily capsule safely suppressed reproductive hormones in men, making it an appealing candidate for a male birth control pill, according to a small study.
This capsule suppressing reproductive hormones in men could be a positive solution to the contribution of shared responsibility in birth control.
National Institutes of Health and the Male Contraceptive Initiative
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According to Georg, YCT529 will begin testing in human clinical trials in the third or fourth quarter of 2022.
Testing begins this year, meaning we could be looking at the release of this new pill sometimes within the next ten years.
To develop their non-hormonal male contraceptive, the researchers targeted a protein called the retinoic acid receptor alpha (RAR-α). This protein is one of a family of three nuclear receptors that bind retinoic acid, a form of vitamin A that plays important roles in cell growth, differentiation (including sperm formation) and embryonic development.
Scientists have found a method to provide birth control to men through a pill, how far have the advancements come and when can we expect them to incorporate into the real world?
Most compounds currently undergoing clinical trials target the male sex hormone testosterone, which could lead to side effects such as weight gain, depression and increased low-density lipoprotein (known as LDL) cholesterol levels.
A lot of these symptoms that they do not want men to have from a hormonal oral contraceptive are real symptoms that women face with current hormonal oral contraceptives along with more serious symptoms, including causing death.
Currently, men have only two effective options for birth control: male condoms and vasectomy. However, condoms are single-use only and prone to failure. In contrast, vasectomy — a surgical procedure — is considered a permanent form of male sterilization.
Ultimately, men only have two choices on their end to prevent pregnancy. The first choice is a fifty/fifty shot at pregnancy or not, and the second choice will strip the opportunity for a man to have a child permanently.
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Men will have a new birth control option as early as this year.
Women have many choices for birth control, ranging from pills to patches to intrauterine devices, and partly as a result, they bear most of the burden of preventing pregnancy. But men’s birth control options — and, therefore, responsibilities — could soon be expanding.
It is public knowledge that there are more methods of birth control for women than there are for men, although with recent advancements it is very possible that there may be a new birth control method for men.
More research is needed to develop new male contraceptives, such as a male pill and better condoms, that would encourage and allow men to share the risks and responsibilities of birth contro
There is a lot of talk about these developments yet not a lot of action taken to provide the solutions needed.
While the male methods carry few risks to either partner, female methods, such as the pill and intrauterine devices, can be dangerous to women
Demonstrating the effects of hormonal birth control and its effects on a womans physical and mental state.
The study said that, of the estimated 250 million people in the world using some method of birth control, about one-third relied on a male method. These include condoms, sterilization through vasectomies and withdrawal.
There is still a large group of people who depend on solely condoms as a preventative method even though they are not 100% effective and have actually been proven ineffective.
In a 1978 California study of 1,200 teen-age and adult men, for example, four out of five favored birth control. And three-quarters of the adults thought birth control responsibility should be shared by men and women.
A study was conducted resulting in the favor of birth control and it being a shared ressponsibility.
This narrow perspective of the role of men is largely the product of the male stereotype, which assumes men are not concerned about the health of their partners or population growth problems,
In today's world, the macho stereotype is not as valued because of the developments in gender equality, so the stigma that women are responsible for birth control should be diminished along with the stigma that women are responsible for taking care of the children.
few cultures assumed that men would take a primary responsibility for birth control or would support their partner's choice of a contraceptive
Once again proving the point that society expects women to carry the sole responsibility of family planning and prevention due to the fact that women were seen as the caretakers and nurturers.
Bruce Stokes, a Worldwatch researcher who is the author of the report, said that birth control programs and sex education were usually oriented to women. This often means that men have a poor understanding of reproduction and contraception as well as their responsibilities in birth control, he said.
Women are initially taught to take responsibility for contraception from the start, so therefore men are taught to not worry about it.
Societies are ignoring the interest men have in birth control, and the success of population programs may rest upon involving men in family planning, according to conclusions of a study released today.
It is very fair to say that men are not usually interested and/or involved in the pregnancy and birthing process. A solution may be if that men were more involved in those early stage processes they may have the realization as to how much work it is they would be more motivated to prevent pregnancies by using birth control methods.
''Men's use of contraception and their cooperation with their partners in planning or preventing pregnancies is often determined by what society expects of them,'' he said.
Society should play a heavy and fair role when it comes to protecting rights and values of pregnancy. Society does not want young girls running off getting pregnant, but they also don't want girls who aren't ready to be mothers getting abortions because that is considered murder in some people's minds.
''Men are the forgotten sexual partner,''
The idea that it is a woman's responsibility to protect herself from responsibility is mainly because men do not have to think about pregnancy because it could never happen to them, evidently leaving them the "forgotten partner" literally.
Others rely on female methods, including sterilization, birth control pills, intrauterine devices, diaphragms and spermicides. While the male methods carry few risks to either partner, female methods, such as the pill and intrauterine devices, can be dangerous to women,
Note how there are more contraceptive methods for women than for men.
The study said that, of the estimated 250 million people in the world using some method of birth control, about one-third relied on a male method. These include condoms, sterilization through vasectomies and withdrawal.
I assumed that number would be higher
''Men's use of contraception and their cooperation with their partners in planning or preventing pregnancies is often determined by what society expects of them,''
This point is kind of valid because some cultures accept several kids and some cultures only accept one or two at a decent age.
In a 1978 California study of 1,200 teen-age and adult men, for example, four out of five favored birth control. And three-quarters of the adults thought birth control responsibility should be shared by men and women.
Good statistic to add.
Britain and other countries indicate that men are much more interested in family planning and practicing birth control than they are g iven credit for,
This is not really practiced in the United States clearly.
This narrow perspective of the role of men is largely the product of the male stereotype, which assumes men are not concerned about the health of their partners or population growth problems, he said.
That was exactly my thought is that men must not care about the health and safety of us women because a womans' sexual health is just as important as any other part of our body.
few cultures assumed that men would take a primary responsibility for birth control or would support their partner's choice of a contraceptive.
I have had personal experiences where men have cared more that I was on birth control rather than bringing and/or buying a condom.
This often means that men have a poor understanding of reproduction and contraception as well as their responsibilities in birth control
This kind of applies to my question as to why male birth control is not really a thing and that is because they are not knowledgable of the topic.
Bruce Stokes, a Worldwatch researcher who is the author of the report, said that birth control programs and sex education were usually oriented to women.
Why would they choose not to educate men on contraceptive measures other than condoms?
''Despite the fact that conceiving a child always involves two people, society often ignores the interest men have in planning their families.''
Women are perceived as child bearing so they are deemed responsible to prevent one if they do not want one
Societies are ignoring the interest men have in birth control, and the success of population programs may rest upon involving men in family planning, according to conclusions of a study released today.
It has always confused me as to why women were always responsible for being sexually responsible. Half the time men do not even want to carry a condom. Due to the fact that women are known to be more responsible teaching men to rely on us to be on birth control.
There’s another unfortunate dimension to this whole saga that mimics the coercive effect of public marriage proposals: everyone innocently cheers on the romance because it tells a good story, but it places the woman in the invidious position of being the “bad guy” if she says no.
Just like in real life women are made the bad guy for rejecting a love interest. Men say all the time that women want love but reject every man trying to show it to them which is not true.
The story’s charm disguises the invasion of privacy at its heart: the way technology is both eroding our personal boundaries and coercing us in deleterious ways.
This kind of reminds me of like fan-fiction that are based off of known famous people. Made up stories about real people though not thought of as an invasion of privacy like this situation.
In 2016, the parents of another unwilling subject sued the image’s creator, a news organization for publishing the image in a story about it, and a dancer on the show “Dancing With the Stars,” who the suit contended contributed to the image’s spread and the subject’s emotional distress by reposting the image with negative comments on social media.
Shows to how internet trolling and bullying can really affect people, i never really see cyberbullying as an issue anymore as it isn't really talked about anymore.
Image-based memes involve, primarily, an image created by somebody. Sometimes the meme creator is also the image creator, but often, when involving movie stills or images of celebrities, the image’s copyright is owned by someone else.
I think its very common now a days for people to take other pictures off of the internet to create memes and such.
"Scientists have been working on a male contraceptive for decades,"
proof that male contraception is thought about and possible but not pushed mainly due to governmental control over womens bodies rather than mens.
Not only did McGarrity concede that people labeled as “black identity extremists” had nothing in common except their skin color,
I don't agree with this because not necessarily just african american's but people of color in general share a history of oppression and struggles thought different issues, similar trauma is shared and passed to future generations.
It may be but the biggest threat to Black people is other Black people ,but of course that's a subject better left alone ,right Root?
Though this comment is somewhat true, violence usually stems from the thought or feeling of superiority of a certain group or community, so though it is common for individuals of the same race to be violent towards each other, it is more common for two individuals of different races to commit violent acts towards each other.
I have underlying principles I can detail, domain knowledge I think is important, issues around identity and intervention we can talk about. Deeper strategies for the advanced. Tips to prevent a fragility of process. Thoughts about the relationship between critical thinking and cynicism.
I like that the author uses the word deeper to make readers understand that there are further measures that will strengthen rather than weaken their objective.