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posted by Fnord666 on Tuesday March 20 2018, @02:16PM   Printer-friendly
from the hairy-knuckles dept.

https://gizmodo.com/a-once-a-day-male-birth-control-pill-shows-promise-in-h-1823890390

One of the latest experimental candidates for a male birth control drug is a compound that would be taken much like the daily birth control pill available for women. A pilot study presented Sunday at the Endocrine Society's annual meeting suggests that the compound—called dimethandrolone undecanoate (DMAU)—can be safe and effective in human test subjects.

[...] DMAU is meant to act on the same receptors as testosterone and progestin. But it seems to be more easily absorbed by the body and longer-lasting. That theoretically means a single dose a day (when taken with food) should cause sterility without leading to other serious consequences, the authors say.

[...] The few side effects Page's team observed were weight gain and lowered levels of HDL cholesterol (the "good" kind). But they feel a tweaked dose could alleviate these symptoms. Importantly, the pill didn't seem to cause any other lasting symptoms of low testosterone. Eight men in the treatment group did report lower libido, but the effect faded away after treatment had ended.


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  • (Score: 3, Insightful) by Arik on Tuesday March 20 2018, @07:50PM (5 children)

    by Arik (4543) on Tuesday March 20 2018, @07:50PM (#655591) Journal
    "Statutory rape is a crime, though, and you are innocent until proven guilty of said crime."

    There's no question of guilt here, however. Given his age, and the age of his daughter, there can be no question the crime took place. Unless it's really not his daughter, in which case she's committing fraud.

    This is FAR from a least bad option. It's an absurdly bad, society-destroying option, in fact.
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  • (Score: 2) by DeathMonkey on Tuesday March 20 2018, @09:55PM (4 children)

    by DeathMonkey (1380) on Tuesday March 20 2018, @09:55PM (#655646) Journal

    There is no statute of limitations on statutory rape in Arizona. [rainn.org]

    If he feels he was the victim of a crime he needs to file charges.

    If he can't be bothered what exactly is the legal system supposed to do about it?

    • (Score: 3, Insightful) by Arik on Tuesday March 20 2018, @10:16PM (2 children)

      by Arik (4543) on Tuesday March 20 2018, @10:16PM (#655661) Journal
      Men are carefully conditioned to not claim victimhood, and that's still a red herring.

      The issue is the responsibility. If (as the statutory rape law and many others presume) that he was not capable of giving consent to the initial sex act. When she found out she was pregnant, he was not even informed. It was her choice and hers alone to bear the child, she had no obligation to even let him know he had a daughter, but somehow it's his responsibility to pay her child support because she raped him? That's absolutely absurd. Just reverse the genders and no one would tolerate it for a second.

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      • (Score: 2) by DeathMonkey on Tuesday March 20 2018, @11:14PM (1 child)

        by DeathMonkey (1380) on Tuesday March 20 2018, @11:14PM (#655704) Journal

        ..but somehow it's his responsibility to pay her child support because she raped him?

        No he doesn't, that's my whole point. The law explicitly says he does not need to pay if she raped him.

        However, he does need to show up at his paternity case to defend himself. Or, he can file rape charges and get out of the payments that way (if she's convicted). He did neither.

        What definitely won't happen is the court system gaining telepathic superpowers and judging his case based on arguments he has never made.

        • (Score: 2) by Arik on Wednesday March 21 2018, @03:41PM

          by Arik (4543) on Wednesday March 21 2018, @03:41PM (#656135) Journal
          You twist the context so baldly it's hard to believe it's not conscious. But I'll presume it's not one more time and explain this for you.

          "The law explicitly says he does not need to pay if she raped him."

          No. An employee at the Arizona Department of Economic Security says it's the current policy of that department to not file charges if she raped him. That's something quite different from the law actually saying so. His department is not the only entity which can file such a suit, and there is nothing to stop his department from changing its policy at any time as well. The law explicitly says that he can be made to pay for his genetic offspring with no regard whatsoever to the circumstances of their conception.

          https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermesmann_v._Seyer
          http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1996-12-22/features/9612220045_1_pay-child-support-child-support-behalf
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    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday March 21 2018, @10:21AM

      by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday March 21 2018, @10:21AM (#656010)

      If he feels he was the victim of a crime he needs to file charges.

      Wait, since when is rape handled in a civil suit?

      For criminal cases, it's the job of the state to prosecute, not the victim. And in the case of statutory rape, it should be pretty easy: The information and evidence to get her awarded child support is the exact same as what's needed to convict her of rape. She can't claim that he is the father without admitting statutory rape, at which point it becomes the states job to prosecute, without him needing to file any charges.