According to the researchers, this injection has so far been tested on baboons and rabbits, and they claimed that the results have been positive and it looks like they might be similar when the injection is tested on humans next year.
The question now is that will our men who are making babies all over the place will be bold enough to use it?
However, Donna, a psychologist specialising in behaviour, is convinced no man will want to do it.
“I don’t think men will opt for it,” she says firmly. “They’ll either say it’s the women’s job, or they’ll be too squeamish. They’re not used to taking that amount of responsibility for birth control. They don’t have the pain threshold women have.
“Women are more conditioned and acclimatised to taking birth control. Men have had no experience of it. Most men won’t even have the snip, making most women have their tubes tied instead.”
Trust men: a guy said: “I don't like needles and people touching my balls. It’s a very sensitive area for guys, so anyone fiddling around down there is always an issue. But my main problem would be if something went wrong. I also would prefer to just be able to take a pill.”
Another 20-something, John, says: “Anything that involves not ripping open the Durex is a win," he says. "But I would be really wary of being one of the first few people to do it because I'd be terrified that it wouldn't work and would mess your balls, or hormones, up in some way. You'd have to be pretty sure it was safe".
Moreover, he is sceptical on one point.“I'm not sure girls would be like "ok that's fine" if you tell them you've had an injection. Men are probably more likely to lie about that than girls on the pill, just so that we don't have to use condoms.”
On women angle, they sum it up thus: “It would be SO good if we had male birth control, but there are trust issues. It's unfair that birth control is a woman's responsibility and can often make women feel punished for enjoying sex, while men can have sex with no strings. Women bear the burden.
“The only drawback is whether women would feel comfortable trusting men to tell the truth about whether they had used the birth control. That said, we've managed the other way round for years.”
A 31-year-old man who didn't want to be named, tells me: "I think it'll be good when men have that choice available to them. I know that the Pill can have some pretty unpleasant side-effects for some women, so it is a good thing for a man to show that he can take the lead and be responsible."
Source: The Telegraph
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