Another off topic comment - Strange that there's been no Male pill to=20
take, isn't it?
Not really. It would seem to me that women would be reluctant to trust =
such an important responsibility to a man. Regardless of the social =
constructions we have created, since the physical responsibility of =
sexual reproduction is inextricable from the woman, women should =
rationally be reluctant to entrust the responsibility for contraception =
(especially in an ambiguous manner as a male contraceptive pill) to a =
men.
I think the whole point behind the pill is to empower women to control =
their own reproductive capacity and separate procreation from the sexual =
act. Development and deployment of a "male" pill is not all that =
relevant.
The real question is why the condom, which you correctly point out as =
having a wealth of collateral advantages, is not a more pervasive form =
of contraception (as opposed to female contraceptives with =
serious-sometimes hideous-side effects). Why the male reluctance to use =
one (as is my understanding-I have three sisters-in-law.)
It is another example of the patriarchal conceptual framework devaluing =
a female health problem-if it did assign a real value to women's health =
it would not only (as I am sure it could) come up with a non-toxic =
contraceptive which empowers women without toxic side effects but would =
also develop a sustainable, non-toxic society.
Tim Hundsdorfer
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