Research to develop a hormone-free male contraceptive appears to be advancing. And the idea of sharing contraception between man and woman in the couple is also gaining ground.
- Trials progress on a hormone-free male pill
- The development of products using testosterone blocks on important side effects
- Nearly 4 out of 10 men would be ready to take the plunge with reimbursed contraception
A hormone-free male birth control pill that works almost automatically in…mice. This is the product that has just been created by American scientists and which, if validated for use in humans, could change the face of male contraception. It remains in fact very little used in couples and all pills based on the male hormone testosterone have shown discouraging undesirable side effects.
Yet people seem to be moving towards the use of a safe male contraceptive. Last October, the newspaper 20 minutes published the results of the #MoiJeune study 20 minutes-OpinionWay which revealed, on the issue of male contraception, that one out of two respondents felt well informed on this subject (44%) and that very few used male contraception other than condoms.
More than a third (37%) said they were even ready to take the plunge from male contraception in the form of a pill, provided that it is reimbursed, even with side effects equivalent to the female hormonal pill. In addition, 22% would agree to have a vasectomy, and 12% to test heated briefs.
A sharing of responsibilities and mental load
This survey also highlighted a tendency to want to share the responsibility and the mental burden of contraception more between men and women. In fact, 8 out of 10 20-somethings considered this sharing of responsibilities to be “normal”.
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