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Scientists are on the verge of a male birth-control pill. Will men take it? | Jill Filipovic (www.theguardian.com)

submitted 11 months ago by BrikoX to c/interestingshare

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A male contraceptive is almost here – and it’ll be another test of whether heterosexual men are actually willing to share the responsibilities of adult life

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago (1 children)

YCT529 is a drug which acts as a potent and selective antagonist of the Vitamin A receptor retinoic acid receptor alpha (RAR-α). [0]

Yikes. I'd need pretty good evidence of safety to take something that does the opposite of tretinoin.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YCT529

[–] [email protected] 0 points 11 months ago (1 children)

The fuck kind of crazy pop-up bullshit is Wikipedia doing? That's some fucking annoying shit right there

[–] [email protected] -1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

You mean asking for money so they can keep running?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

No, I mean having their usual "donate" section pop up over the screen and make closing it annoying. That's bullshit.

Also, they're fully funded, so it isn't like it's some kind of emergency.