Where the hell is my male birth control?

*taps foot* No Images? [Click here]( THE DISAPPOINTING TRUTH Where the hell is male birth control? Companies have been saying male birth control is right around the corner for... ever. Or at least for many years. But it's still not on the market, and it's probably not going to be anytime soon. What's up with that???? There are [three reasons]( birth control for men isn't available yet They're all disappointing, so brace yourselves. Reason 1: Scientifically speaking, it's complicated Manipulating hormones is easier to do in a female body than in a male one, so there are some holdups there. Though scientists have found a few other options outside of messing with testosterone levels, they need more funding for more testing before the birth control is safe and effective enough for us to use. Which brings us to reason No. 2: Reason 2: No one wants to fund research Big Pharma isn't so into the idea of male birth control because it doesn't want to lose money on female birth control (pills and IUDs pull in billions for pharmaceutical companies). Selling new products opens the door for costly lawsuits (à la [NuvaRing]( and [Yaz](), and there's no guarantee men will even buy birth control. Which, of course, is a problem in itself... Reason 3: Men aren't all that interested in birth control That's a generalization, of course. Many are, but the truth is men have less incentive to deal with the cost and potential side effects of birth control—the physical and social repercussions of an unwanted pregnancy are much worse for women than they are for men. We've been told male birth control will be on the market "within five years" [since at least 2005](, and we're still not close to getting it. 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