My turn: Brith control is not just for women to worry about
Chad Hutchison
Issue date: 1/25/07 Section: Perspective
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And no way are we going all Catholic. Nothing against my Catholic brothers and sisters (I was born and raised such), but the pope isn't nor ever will be infallible.
He is human like the rest of us. (If he were having sex, then he would want birth control, too).
I'm not going to even touch abortion. Lets just say I don't agree with it unless in extreme cases and carelessness isn't an extreme case.
And in my case, a broken condom wouldn't have been an extreme circumstance.
That is why my life would have changed drastically at age 18. I would be caring for a child that would be five years old now.
I know I wouldn't be with the child's mother either, because I'm not with her today. It wasn't destiny.
I just wish the scientist out there would come up with some form of male birth control.
That way, I would know positively there is no chance of a baby until there needs to be one.
No worrying if she will get her period this week. No worrying about how much my wife is worrying. No worries, just happies.
Happy mornings, happy nights, happy days, happy lives.
I have a fear of what might happen if the scientist created such a thing.
Would men who hold high positions speak out against it like they did when the female pill was first created?
Would men create a stigma of sin around male birth control? Would they condemn people like my wife and me, who would be using it in our marriage, where sex is legal and glorifying to God, to wait until we are able to provide the needs a child has?
Would they declare it something the devil had a hand in creating?
I think a lot of men would. I think they would speak out against it, like they spoke out against Galileo, because of one simple fact: men are scared of anything that has to do with their testicles.
Why should a male scientist create something that might have an affect on his "manhood" when he could just as easily get a woman to take something that affects her instead of him?
Let's just say, in conclusion, if they created male birth control, then I would be one of the first in line at the clinics and offices offering the service.
And like Bob on the Enzyte commercials, I would have the biggest, goofiest smile on my face while waiting and not worrying.
Reach Chad at
chad_hutchison6@eku.edu
He is human like the rest of us. (If he were having sex, then he would want birth control, too).
I'm not going to even touch abortion. Lets just say I don't agree with it unless in extreme cases and carelessness isn't an extreme case.
And in my case, a broken condom wouldn't have been an extreme circumstance.
That is why my life would have changed drastically at age 18. I would be caring for a child that would be five years old now.
I know I wouldn't be with the child's mother either, because I'm not with her today. It wasn't destiny.
I just wish the scientist out there would come up with some form of male birth control.
That way, I would know positively there is no chance of a baby until there needs to be one.
No worrying if she will get her period this week. No worrying about how much my wife is worrying. No worries, just happies.
Happy mornings, happy nights, happy days, happy lives.
I have a fear of what might happen if the scientist created such a thing.
Would men who hold high positions speak out against it like they did when the female pill was first created?
Would men create a stigma of sin around male birth control? Would they condemn people like my wife and me, who would be using it in our marriage, where sex is legal and glorifying to God, to wait until we are able to provide the needs a child has?
Would they declare it something the devil had a hand in creating?
I think a lot of men would. I think they would speak out against it, like they spoke out against Galileo, because of one simple fact: men are scared of anything that has to do with their testicles.
Why should a male scientist create something that might have an affect on his "manhood" when he could just as easily get a woman to take something that affects her instead of him?
Let's just say, in conclusion, if they created male birth control, then I would be one of the first in line at the clinics and offices offering the service.
And like Bob on the Enzyte commercials, I would have the biggest, goofiest smile on my face while waiting and not worrying.
Reach Chad at
chad_hutchison6@eku.edu
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Ken
posted 1/25/07 @ 8:47 PM EST
Chad,
I first heard about research on a Male Birth Control Pill about 5 years ago and they said it was about 5 years away. It's not hear yet but because I own some related domain names I keep track of things and a lot of studies are taking place all around the world. (Continued…)
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