The science/drug industry is male dominated and this male domination encourages a climate of sexism against women. So maybe the main reason scientists tend to think their is little or no need for male birth control is because of sexist attitudes that women and men should not share responsibility for reproduction. If most scientists were women, I assume we would have had male birth control a long time ago because it's something that takes a burden off women as well as helping men who want contraception.

Regarding post #62, there is a way to test whether women scientists are more likely to approve funding for male birth control research: conduct a survey.

Also, male birth control is not abortion so the implication that more men are pro-choice is irrelevant. Male birth control is 100% safe for women. It helps women because women can avoid side effects of birth control if the man is using it or, if they choose to use birth control while the man is also using it, women can benefit from increasing their chances of not becoming pregnant. As far as I know there is no birth control method that is 100% functional other than sterilization which has side effects. Combining male birth control with female birth control will reduce the chance of pregnancy.

Women scientists recognize that male birth control provides more options for women, thus they see it as generally good for women. And there are some women who are greatly harmed by hormonal birth control and use less reliable methods such as condoms in order to maintain their health. Those women can increase their chances of avoiding pregnancy if the man they have sex with is using male birth control. Birth control is always a burden and this burden should be shared by adults who engage in sex with one another.

Women tend to be more feminist than men, thus it is logical to assume that women scientists tend to be more feminist than men scientists. Sharing the burden of reproduction is less selfish than if one person suffers from birth control while the other person avoids suffering from birth control. Women scientists know that male birth control will help create a more feminist, sharing and loving relationship between men and women and since history has shown that women tend to be more feminist than men, it is logical to assume that if most scientists had been women they would have long ago created male birth control so that adult couples can share the burden of birth control.

Asehpe, I assume male birth control would reduce sales of female birth control. However, there would be times when men and women both use it because no birth control (other than sterilization) is 100% effective. Birth control companies make more money if both the man and woman in a couple use birth control. So because there would be overlap, the birth control industry would probably have an increase in sales.

It seems this book does not take into account that many societies have practiced gender equality. In America Iroquois men and women were relatively equal and women had a lot of rights in marriage. Byzantine women of southern Europe had a lot more rights than northern European women during the middle ages. I'm reading a great book called Women at the Center about the Minangkabau culture ;

Excerpt:

In our opinion the structure of a matriarchal society as can be found in Minangkabau is advantageous to individual development, of both males and females, as can generally be seen in the case of Minagkabau women and men. A Minangkabau woman is self-confident because she is not dependent on her husband who has been “collected.” …In her behavior she is free to act as she pleases. Minangkabau women are people who have confidence in themselves, who are active and full of initiative in economic, political, religious, artistic, and other spheres of life. -Sutan Takdir Alisyabbana, “Sistem matrilineal Minangkabau” (page 1)

Humans have lived on this earth for over 100,000 years and so family customs are varied and complex and the evidence seems to be in favor of gender equality in marriage for most of human history.

Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign was not an insulting "wacky ride." It was a noble work to end the horrors of patriarchy. Patriarchy won for the time being. But one day a brave woman will finally beat a man and make a great leap forward to benefit women and girls.