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

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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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[-] RobotToaster@mander.xyz 5 points 11 months ago

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

[-] southsamurai@sh.itjust.works 0 points 11 months ago

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

[-] Seleni@lemmy.world -1 points 11 months ago

You mean asking for money so they can keep running?

[-] southsamurai@sh.itjust.works 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.

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