So what does r/MensRights think about RISUG/Vasalgel?

JockeVXO · 2012-04-13T03:46:26+00:00

I love how she has no clue about anything. Does she lack all sense of logic?

We're apparently a hate group - her source for this being the SPLC, even though they never stated we were.

She calls Warren Farrell, of all people, a misogynist for being a "masculinist" who dares to mention that some women can try to impregnate themselves against their partner's will. How dare he suggest such a thing? What an evil woman-hater!

She claims that this "lie" (that some women have lied, and can lie, about being on the pill in order to impregnate themselves against their partner's wishes) is somehow refuted by the "fact" that 1-in-5 women is a victim of sexual assault (I thought it was 1-in-3, or was it 1-in-4?). I fail to see how this little factoid, even if it were true, refutes claims of forced parenthood attempts... Additional misandry, she presents a "glass slipper" by omitting the corresponding numbers for men experiencing sexual assault.

CMPunkBestInTheWorld · 2012-04-13T05:58:00+00:00

Here's my big problem with RISUG: I'm sure as unwanted pregnancies will probably plummet, STDs will probably skyrocket, at least in single/unfaithful men. I was SO pumped when I first heard about RISUG... but after some thought, I'm scared that some of my buddies are gonna end up with the herp.

kragshot · 2012-04-13T05:11:07+00:00

Fuck that article, but I've been all over RISUG since I first heard of it two years ago.

If I was rich enough, I'd back it completely or at the very least, charter a plane and fly American men over to India to get the procedure.

OThomson · 2012-04-13T02:44:00+00:00

Better than sliced bread.

Marilolli · 2012-04-13T03:51:15+00:00

I stopped reading after "misogyny" but I love the idea of this birth control method.

ullere · 2012-04-13T14:39:47+00:00

I'm incredibly excited about this product and with over population becoming a hot topic I hope that governments around the world will start funding this since big pharma isn't.

This article however is horrendous.

'men supposedly want this technology only in order to avoid baby-trapping' 'Given that 1 in 5 women experience sexual assault in their lifetimes, one would hope that this offensive and ridiculous argument would have faded away'... umm what? How are those two even related?

'I think shifting the dialogue to empowering all humans to choose their own adventures would be constructive.' This is the only good part of the article, having criticised Warren farrel and named the MRM as a hate group the author then goes on to agree with one of our major talking points. Nice work, I wouldn't like to share a drink with her but I would work with her to get this fantastic technology available as soon as possible.

AryoBarzan · 2012-04-13T09:51:02+00:00

What a delusional idiot.

Eleanor Ray is a writer and artist (i.e. unemployed) in Chicago. Her tenuous grasp of biology in no way hinders her enjoyment of having a body.

Real surprise a person as 'intelligent' as her is 'unemployed'.

Bobsutan · 2012-04-13T14:32:32+00:00

Here's my problem with RISUG: it's been vaporware for nearly 20 god damn years! And not at all the fault of the scientists working on it, but because of the political fight they've got on their hands, just like all male birth control.

I have little faith we will get actual male birth control in the US in the next 10-20 years. 50 years? Sure, why not, but within any meaningful time I'd be able to make use of it, not a chance.

Title	So what does r/MensRights think about RISUG/Vasalgel?
Author	joe_man
Upvotes	6
Comments	12
Date	April 12, 2012 11:38 PM UTC (14 years ago)
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