Many men would LOVE a reliable, non-condom, male-controlled birth control method

Currently for men there are two options — condoms, which are problematic and difficult in several ways, or vasectomy, which is essentially permanent or at least difficult and uncertain to be reversed.

The third method is to take WAY too many TOO HOT baths, but that also has uncertainty and is a real hassle.

As it stands, really for men they either need to use a condom, or trust that your female partner is reliable.

Thank you for linking this.

Hahah you mean like Lemmy itself?

• replace ‘fascist’ with ‘tankie’

Yea it’s pretty clear.

Capitalism and religion, with maybe a little bit of ‘public health’ thrown in

There’s strong bias against contraception in general from some religious groups, and it is strongest against the “easier” forms. For example, among Catholics technically ALL contraception is forbidden, but condoms are more acceptable than an IUD, both of which are considered by some sects to be ‘abortifacient’ — on the theory that it merely prevents a fertilized egg from implanting on the uterine wall.

So condoms are ‘better’ because it is a barrier method.

The only Catholic-approved BC is abstinence of course.

Public Health also has a strong bias towards condoms, because of their protection against STIs. Of course, actual proper condom use is… inconsistent at best for most people.

Anyhow, the easiest and least intrusive methods of BC are usually viewed with the most suspicion and disapproval from all sides, and Vasagel/RISUG is like… the most extreme example of that.

It is:

• relatively inexpensive
• extremely effective
• one-time clinic visit
• fully reversible, with no recovery period
• impossible to forget or accidentally nullify

Unfortunately none of these factors endear it to the capitalists, the puritans, or the public-health hand-wringers*

*To be clear, i support public health goals, but the AIDS crisis has put a strong and lasting emphasis/insistence that condoms are the only way

Well, I’ve not had it since it isn’t available yet.

But I get what you mean about the needles in the dong.

But most likely, the needle is through the side of the scrote, which might not be much better.

Probably best to just not watch.

It is less invasive than a vasectomy, since it’s a needle and not a scalpel, but ofc it’s not as simple as a pill

On the other hand, it’s one-and-done and nevermore worried about unwanted paternity claims.

The best option all around that I’ve seen is Vasagel, which is the western development based on RISUG which was a successful Indian trial

https://www.planaformen.com/vasalgel

The major complication for it has been that no pharma wants to invest in it, likely because if doesn’t have good profit potential.

It is a one-time ‘shot’ of a physical gel that blocks the vas deferens (sperm channel) and is fully reversible simply by being flushed out again.

However, since it is not an ongoing monthly profit ahem, prescription, there is not a lot of money to be made.

No hormones, no pills, fully reversible, simply blocks the sperm exactly like a vasectomy, just very easily reversed. It can all be done in clinic with a syringe (perhaps tho the syringe will be a blocker for some men)

It depends on the wavelength of the radio waves.

This is visible in microwaves, where the wavelength is about 12cm, but the tiny holes of 1mm are small enough that zero (or super tiny?) radiation/radio/EM in that wavelength can pass through, but light (visible light that you can see) has a much, much smaller wavelength and passes just fine.

So, you could say that a larger mesh (chain link fence?) of conductive material is also a faraday cage, but only affects things with a really large wavelength.

thus, faraday cages have a variable effect, depending on their configuration.

Interesting. Apparently the Geddit app has been abandoned/unmaintained since 2 years … Huh

Until reddit shut off the RSS feeds, Geddit (Android app RSS reader for reddit) was very useful to me.

Allowed following of niche/particular subs without drama

Unfortunately, many of those closely focused, well moderated and useful communities continue to exist only on reddit

But just* as extremist…

• Approximately. How is this sort of thing measured objectively?

Fox Run Mall location was closest to my house.

Was a bit of a haul, but reachable by bicycle for 70s kid