And the IT angle
That is going to take a hell of breathrough in authentication between Alice and Bob to get Alice to believe Bob has taken it.
Boffins now one step closer to male birth control pill
Boffins are developing two new methods for birth control that may eventually lead to the availability of a “male pill”. H2-gamendazole, an organic compound that prevents sperm from reaching maturity, is going through animal testing. Sperm cells grow a tail and head in the testis, but H2-gamendazole blocks this metabolic …
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Tuesday 17th February 2015 14:34 GMT Anonymous Coward
Re: And the IT angle
"[...] as has been shown by a variety of experiments, including the objective demonstration that strippers get more income when they are fertile.)"
Not sure that is true about a vasectomy - there is no apparent change. It might even be that the retention of sperm increases the body's need to want to discharge the excess.
However - sex is largely in the mind. A man fearful of yet another addition to the family might have his libido liberated by knowing he is now infertile. On the other hand someone who measures their macho rating by their impregnation potential might be significantly emasculated in their own mind.
My vasectomy at 35 had no noticeable effect on my libido. However - the fear of STIs did inhibit me from being promiscuous.
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Tuesday 17th February 2015 15:04 GMT codejunky
Re: Hmm
You may wanna be careful applying wine as a sex inducing drug. The laws are already heading in the direction of calling it a date rape drug. Remember to check for permission and to make sure your date is not too drunk to be classed as consenting (because we all carry breathalysers on us).
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Tuesday 17th February 2015 17:00 GMT skeptical i
Re: Hmm
Um, wow. If the honeymoon is over and "maintenance sex" does not appear to be on the table (or the floor or the desk or ...), certainly some couples counselling is in order? If one partner is no longer interested, there must be a reason (age, hormone fluctuation -- including that induced by birth control pills, stress, medical weirdness, tastes changing, &c), yes? Seattle sex advice dispenser Dan Savage -- http://www.thestranger.com/archive/dan-savage,columns -- wrote about this recently in his "Savage Love" column, if anyone wants to take a peek.
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Wednesday 18th February 2015 09:15 GMT Anonymous Coward
Re: Hmm
I'm a little confused about the whole she's drunk so it's rape argument. What if he's drunk too? I know that a certain level of drunkenness in a man prohibits sex but most men are capable of performing while still being too drunk to exercise good judgement. So, why is it always the man's responsibility?
Obviously it's a different case if she's unconscious on the floor but recent cases in the courts seem to indicate that being a bit silly is enough to indicate that she's unable to give consent and therefore the man is at fault.
Anyway, back to the subject of a pill for men: Seems a bit of a waste of resources when there's already a contraceptive pill, condoms, caps and coils....... from a purely objective point of view anyway.
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Wednesday 18th February 2015 10:26 GMT DragonLord
Re: Hmm
@AC: "Anyway, back to the subject of a pill for men: Seems a bit of a waste of resources when there's already a contraceptive pill, condoms, caps and coils....... from a purely objective point of view anyway."
See all of these things, with the possible exception of the condom, are things that the woman needs to remember. Having a contraceptive pill for men equalises that slightly by providing something that men need to start remembering, and thus balance out the power dynamics associated with sex in relationships as both people can now be considered to be responsible for ensuring that accidents don't happen.
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Tuesday 17th February 2015 19:19 GMT Anonymous Coward
Re: Vasalgel FTW
'Hell, no!'
As one gets older it is surprising what medical procedures you get used to. Generally no worse than a visit to the dentist.
However - the other men in the vasectomy waiting room with their partners did look rather pale before the operation. Nothing to it - it was a snip.
A recent case of balanitis*** raised the spectre of cancer. The lady doctor had not taken a biopsy sample before. The senior doctor supervised her excising a small chunk of flesh - while a nurse kept me distracted in conversation.
Self-catheterisation is taught to you by a urology nurse. In my case it happened to be an old neighbour whom I knew quite well. She cracked jokes about the diameter of the catheter being only a "medium" size.
As I said - when you get older you learn to recognise that the body is a machine that wears out and needs repairs...
***Inflammation of the foreskin. Any pictures are NSFW - and can look like something from that old alt newsgroup which used to specialise in the gory.
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Wednesday 18th February 2015 07:11 GMT Anonymous Coward
Re: Vasalgel FTW
"However - the other men in the vasectomy waiting room with their partners did look rather pale before the operation. Nothing to it - it was a snip."
I was pale afterwards! The doc injected the local anesthetic and then came back 10 minutes later and started cutting... The local hadn't taken affect! :-O The doc said, "too late, I've started, so I'll finish!" That was f'ing agony!
Then it wouldn't stop bleeding, as I was getting changed, so I had to nip back into the operation room for them to dress it again...
Still, it was worth it in the end.
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Wednesday 18th February 2015 09:15 GMT Anonymous Coward
Re: Vasalgel FTW
"The local hadn't taken affect!"
That happened to me too - although it wasn't too painful. Always have to remind the dentist that a local anaesthetic seems to take a bit longer on me.
Peeling off the vasectomy dressing a few days later was tricky. These days I can't even say "do you want to see my scar" - it has faded completely.
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Wednesday 18th February 2015 14:30 GMT Ugotta B. Kiddingme
Re: vasectomy discomfort
Piece-o-cake for me. I scheduled mine to coincide with a needed sinus surgery where I knew I would be under general anesthesia. Talked to doctors into tag-teaming. I saw the urologist walk into surgery right as I was going under and awoke to bandages on my nose and an ice pack on my nuts. I correctly anticipated being sufficiently miserable with the sinus thing that I never even noticed the tender bits below.
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Sunday 1st March 2015 05:13 GMT Conundrum1885
RE. Re. Animal testing
I thought that undergraduates would be the ideal test uhm, body for this research.
They are responsible enough to use protection anyway and plus samples can be collected to see if it is actually working to fine tune the dose.
Also relevant is that it is quite simple to detect gametes and this is probably within the feasibility of using an Iphone camera and UV filter on the flash LED to measure fluorescence.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
