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Re: inequaltity in contracetion
From: jwang, M.D. (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Mon, 12 Mar 2001 13:30:36 -0600 (CST)
Unfortunately, there is an inequality. The ultimate burden is on women
since they are the ones that GET pregnant. Also, ovulation and sperm
production are very different processes. As it turns out, it is easier
to prevent ovualtion than to stop sperm production (since it takes many
weeks for sperm to develop and they are constsntly being produced).
Until there's the technology, there's going to be a discrepency.
At Mon, 12 Mar 2001, Heather wrote:
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>I would like to voice my opinions on contraception. Think gender
>inequality is fading? Wrong. Women are the ones who are supposed to be
>responsible, taking pills, shots, and ruining their bodies in the name
>of contraception. When will men get the opportunity to take some
>control? If I was one of the millions of men out there sleeping around,
>I would want to know I'm taking my own precautions. Lets face it
>condoms are not an end all solution. If you were a man would you want
>to slap one of those on every time you had sex, even after marriage?
>Plus, they are expensive and they can break.
>With all this technology ladies, we should be pushing pharmacuetical
>companies to produce shots and pills for men. We are not the only ones
>who need to mess with our bodies to keep from getting pregnant. We are
>too silent. There is a real market out there for male contaceptives.
>Voice it any way you can.
>If we can go to the moon, have a world wide web, and cure deadly
>diseases, we can surely give both sexs control over reproduction. Until
>then we are not equal.
--
J Wang, M.D
Assitant Clinical Prof.
Tufts University School of Medicine
statements are informational only and should not constitute a medical plan or treatment recommendation.
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