• rabber@lemmy.ca
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    2 hours ago

    My gf never allowed the use of them since day one

    Tried them when she had her iud out briefly and she didn’t enjoy whatsoever

    But man bad I guess

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      I mean it’s her choice, which I think is the important part to consider here. Not all birth control medications affect women the same. Some women can be on birth control and the side effects are actually helpful. But a lot of birth control medications really fuck with them, leading to some nasty unintended side effects that seem pretty wild when compared to the only side effect of appropriate condom usage of “doesn’t feel as good.”

      The meme isn’t saying “man bad” it’s saying “side effects of condoms aren’t nearly as bad as fucking with women’s hormones.”

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        Can confirm the women’s hormones part. When my wife was trying a new birth control pill one time, she was extremely paranoid about everything. It took a while to figure out the new pill was the source. She normally has some anxiety, but this was well off the charts. Other pills caused different issues, it was a roller coaster there for a while.

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          yeah I dated a couple women who loved their birth control because their periods were really bad, and the pill removed that from their life almost completely. Then other women who never could find one that worked for them, and so we relied solely on condoms. I loved having sex with all of them, 11/10 would not impregnate again

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        27 minutes ago

        Nah this meme is just misandrist rage bait. Male birth control doesn’t exist because we haven’t figured it out yet. I think we are getting close though.

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          male birth control was like, the first birth control we invented? condoms?

          Also vasectomies are stupid easy to perform, and even if you change your mind afterwards, all your baby making stuff is still present. They can completely reverse a vasectomy within 5 -7 years, and after that, IVF. Anyone who reads this meme as misandrist either lacks reading comprehension or is wildly misogynist.

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            8 minutes ago

            I’m talking male birth control pills. Condoms aren’t really effective enough to be birth control on their own

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      2 hours ago

      same with my gf. allergic to latex and hates the fact that other options use animal skin. so i have no choice but to go in unprotected. tough world but ill live 😂

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    Broadly speaking I agree since entitled guys certainly exist but also I’ve heard some women describe condom sex as feeling like getting fucked with a sandwich baggie and not their favorite

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      2 hours ago

      “feels like I’m being fucked by a rubber duck” are words from my now wife that I won’t ever forget.

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      Neither sex prefers condoms to no condoms. No pair of sexual partners ever utilize them unless they have a good reason to (and even with a good reason, most people don’t, lol).

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        Neither sex prefers condoms to no condoms.

        I can’t speak for everyone in my gender, but I’ve rarely found an issue with them. Desensitizes the man so he lasts longer, comes pre-lubricated so that’s one less thing to worry about, and neatly addresses the post-sex mess. There’s even a little fun foreplay right before the main event, if you’re feeling kinky.

        No pair of sexual partners ever utilize them unless they have a good reason to (and even with a good reason, most people don’t, lol).

        Especially early in a relationship, they were always bog standard for me. Rarely met a partner who didn’t feel the same way. Admittedly, the AIDS epidemic was in my rear view mirror growing up, so maybe I’m just more paranoid about unprotected sex than the Zoomers.

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    Odd, this seems like an entirely made up circumstance.

    Signed, guy who refuses to use condoms and have sex as a result. Yes, you heard me right, you can turn down sex. It’s insane, I know, but trust me.

    Edit: I should say, negative consequences of BC are very real. It is the reason I simply say no.

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      Comic that this is getting so many downvotes. This is a solved problem and the terminally online are just losing their shit over nothing. Anti-condom people are possibly more insufferable than anti-vaccination people.

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      I’m probably in the minority (though I’m pretty sure I’m in the majority) here by saying I prefer condom sex? I last longer with them so… more sex? Also clean-up is easier, I don’t have to run off to find a towel, leaving my partner all goo-ed up…

      without a condom it feels better but… then I come so quickly, it feels like a waste of quality sexy time.

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      They’re like wearing a hazmat suit to go swimming. Plus, my wife gets offended when I wear one, thinks I think she’s cheating on me. When I told her that it’s to protect her, that didn’t help!

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    I seriously can’t understand those who don’t use condoms by default. No contraceptive is 100% foolproof, so using a backup is always a good thing.

    And seriously, if the friction is the only thing that make you enjoy sex, and not with whom you have sex with, you seriously should reconsider your relationship.

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      And seriously, if the friction is the only thing that make you enjoy sex, and not with whom you have sex with, you seriously should reconsider your relationship.

      Why would you choose to do anything for fun that isn’t mutually enjoyable? You can enjoy both your partner’s company and also the activity you do together at the same time. It’s not one or the other. Don’t like condomed sex? Then don’t do it. There’s more to a romantic relationship than sex.

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      No contraceptive is 100% foolproof, so using a backup is always a good thing.

      Hormonal contraceptive efficacy is in the 99.8X% range. Using another method on top of it makes a difference so small that it’d be within the margin of error of any attempt to measure it.

      This is like saying seat belts aren’t 100% foolproof, so you should always also wear a helmet while driving a car.

      And seriously, if the friction is the only thing that make you enjoy sex

      1. Friction is the only way anyone will orgasm, and good luck finding anyone who’d say they’d prefer if they didn’t orgasm during sex.
      2. Seeking pleasurable physical sensation is not equivalent to not enjoying a sexual encounter without it. This is like telling someone who says they prefer pepperoni on their pizza that they don’t actually like pizza, just pepperoni.
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        Probably not the best example to use. The most common injuries you get in a car crash while wearing a seat belt would be prevented by wearing a helmet. In fact, race car drivers are required to wear a helmet and a neck brace as essential safety gear along with their five point harness.

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    The last two sentences are why, unfortunately, birth control will always be the primary purview of women.

    No matter how good, convenient or easily usable birth control for men becomes, women are the ones who actually have to deal with the consequences of unintended pregnancy, and not using birth control yourself risks you having to deal with it when your partner either lies to you about using it, or simply makes a mistake and forgets to use it.

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      No matter how good, convenient or easily usable birth control for men becomes

      This is a strange thing to say, considering that contraception has never been more effective, more convenient, or more easily usable for men, than for women.

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        This is referencing ongoing research and efforts into developing male birth control, obviously. That’s why I wuite clearly wrote “becomes” and not “is”. That’s a fufure tense, so the current or past state of affairs isn’t exactly relevant, now is it ?

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    Second panel should be the guy asking why she hasn’t changed to one of the other dozen plus methods she has available, then. Women have lots of options, and can almost always find one with no/tolerable (especially compared to pregnancy) side effects, because hormone-free barrier methods are among the options for her, too.

    Edit: tweaked for less ‘absolute’ wording.

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      The unfortunate thing with birth control is there’s always tradeoffs with every method. IUDs can cause intense pain which may or may not go away after a while, the depo shot can cause a loss of bone density if used for a long period of time, condoms are less pleasurable and depending on the specifics may cause additional discomfort. Pulling out requires you to trust your male partner (a huge ask most of the time) surgical sterilization is basically permanent and requires one to undergo and recover from surgery (and for women an extremely invasive one at that)

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          True it is generally regarded as ineffective from a public health perspective. I have known people who relied on it though with some success (in both cases it was a committed relationship and they just relied on it as a temporary stopgap while between birth controls) I’d hazard to say, pulling out is an option if your risk tolerance is high enough, but it’s risky as hell since precum often contains sperm as well

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        Yes, I understand that, and tweaked my comment to make that more clear.

        Frankly, the fact that we’re able to temporarily turn off fertility at will at all is extraordinary, tradeoffs or not.

        I of course can understand a woman who can’t find a method that works for her wanting her male partner to use a condom if she doesn’t want to get pregnant. Personally, as a male in the position of her partner, I would sympathize, but would rather have non-penetrative sexual contact, or none at all, rather than presentative sex with a condom, because they take the majority of the pleasure out of the act, for me.

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    I prefer to be on the pill, honestly. I get that it isn’t the sane experience fir everyone, but there are multiple other options other than the two mentioned. Even when it comes to pills, there is also the mini pill which has no estrogen and therefore can help with some of the negative symptoms. I started taking that one because I had a few negative reactions to regular birth control pills.

    With the mini pill you have to be pretty precise with the time of day where you take it but once you have that down, it’s just so pleasant. In my case, it entirely stops menstruation and stabilizes me. I get to live a very normal life without all this cycle shit disrupting me.

    I get that not all women feel about their periods like I do, but for me, it has always felt like an assault on my body that I have to be in pain, have crazy mood swings and feeling gross every single month. I don’t have any of it anymore thanks to the mini pill.

    Again, there are many more options to go for when it comes to birth control, other than pills and condoms and in general I don’t want us to demonize it. Especially not in these times where there is a genuine push in American politics to spread anti-birthcontrol propaganda online.