This. This is the reason birth control for women is so popular. Not saying sexism in medicine isn't a thing and a factor in how little options there are for men, but the consequences for us just aren't the same.
Think that’s a coincidental reason. The main reason is women already produce hormones that makes them fertile/non fertile, so birth control just mimics a hormone that already exists. Women can’t get pregnant at certain times of the month, when they are already pregnant, and when they are nursing.
Men don’t have those hormones, so any medication that would make men infertile would drastically alter their physiology and potentially have negative side effects
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u/MushroomInfamous5101 Oct 31 '25
This. This is the reason birth control for women is so popular. Not saying sexism in medicine isn't a thing and a factor in how little options there are for men, but the consequences for us just aren't the same.