ZAMmen, HOW far would you go for condomless contraception?Follow

Before or after the electricity bill?

I still don't see where this even SOUNDS like a good idea. Scientific data or not. Electro-shock therapy has some actual science behind it, but you don't see my crazy azz lining up for that to alter my behavior. It only takes 15 milliamps to stop a heart...one minor mistake and you are an after thought. There are many Scientists that have real scientific data to back up thier findings, but it doesn't make them any less a quack. They are so preoccupied with the fact that they can, they haven't asked the question, if they should?



I went under the knife to prevent my wife from having to do this, I endured 3 days of sitting on a block of ice to keep the swelling down....are you willing to do the same?

Edited, Mar 13th 2009 5:06pm by Azrielis

But he went under the knife, Katie! Under the KNIFE.

Judging by his posting style, they cut off more than he would have preferred.

There's also the potential of the children inheriting the sperm's natural resistance to electricity. Which could come in handy as we breed a generation of electric fence climbers or something. I could see this being applied in other ways in order to improve the species as a whole. Muahahaha! *cough*


As to the Oxford comma, I tend to prefer it as well. It helps remove confusion as to whether two things are to be treated as a single unit within the sentence or as separate members of a list. And yes, I know you can re-order the sentence to remove the confusion, but sometimes a sentence flows better with the words in a particular order. Using the Oxford comma allows the best of both worlds IMO.

My grandmother (RN) had mentioned that sexual abuse as a child tends to show up as fertility issues as an adult. Of course, the whole causation<->correlation thing applies, but ya...

I've seen it with women in my family, but it just may be coincidence.

Not exactly "coincidence" but not causation I'd wager. It would be more likely that abuse -> drugs/alcohol abuse/depression/poor eating habits/etc -> fertility issues.

Nexa

Someone needs to update the pie chart with a small legend indicating That=Zapping nuts for birth control.

Nexa

The current would have to pass through the heart. Put an electrode on either side of the ******* and make sure nothing north of the heart is in contact with anything conductive, and it's not going to be an issue.



Boo hoo hoo...you suffered three days of discomfort after an out-patient procedure for which you didn't even have to go under general anesthesia. That's no where near the recovery time required for a tubal ligation (Essure has some promise, but isn't as widely available yet) nor does it compare to the years of hormonal issues that can follow the cessation of hormonal birth control.

Yes, some lucky women snap back to regular cycles just fine after quitting the pill. Many others, even those who had regular periods BEFORE starting the pill, find that once they go off the pill, it takes years (if ever) for their cycle to get back to normal. Among these abnormalities that can follow the cessation of long-term use of hormonal birth control are protracted periods, painful periods, irregular cycles, short luteal phase (meaning the time between when you ovulate and when you start your period is too short for a fertilized egg to implant) and the list goes on. On the average, use of the pill doesn't affect fertility, but there are cases where it has, they just aren't great enough in number to pose a significant a statistical risk.

Of course, this doesn't even address the fact that the appeal of the "nut-shock" idea is that it may turn out be effective REVERSIBLE male birth control, which aside from condoms, doesn't exist yet (yeah, having the old wires snipped has a small chance of being effectively reversed, but that's not a sure thing.) Unless a couple uses condoms, the burden of temporary birth control falls fully on the woman, often in ways that are at best inconvenient and at worst may cause her future problems. I think there are a lot of women out there who would like to share this particular responsibility, but for some reason the same people who are willing to shrug off the potential long-term complications of female birth control options won't countenance the idea of male birth control being anything other than 100% safe and completely complication free, so nothing is being rushed to market.

Edited, Mar 14th 2009 9:12am by Ambrya

Wait, is that wrong?

This, I believe, is the reality behind this article.