How To Man Up About Male Birth Control

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🗓️ 12 November 2024

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Contraception is a huge burden for women and people with uteruses to bear. What would it look like—on a personal, cultural, and medical level—if more men took on that responsibility? Today on How To!, a conversation about gender equity for reproductive care, from changes in sexual education to more accessible vasectomies to the development of new contraception methods. Carvell Wallace welcomes two guests: Dr. Sarah Miller, a board-certified family physician and family planning specialist at Northeast Vasectomy and Family Planning, where she provides many vasectomies. And: Dr. Brian Nguyen, associate professor of clinical obstetrics and gynecology at the University of Southern California, sub-investigator for a network of male-contraceptive clinical trials, and director of The EMERGE Lab. If you liked this episode check out: How To Make Sexual Consent Sexy and How To Orgasm. Do you have a problem that needs solving? Send us a note at [email protected] or leave us a voicemail at 646-495-4001 and we might have you on the show. Subscribe for free on Apple, Spotify, or wherever you listen. How To’s executive producer is Derek John. Joel Meyer is our senior editor/producer. The show is produced by Rosemary Belson, with Kevin Bendis. Want more How To!? Subscribe to Slate Plus to unlock exclusive bonus episodes. Plus, you’ll access ad-free listening across all your favorite Slate podcasts. Subscribe now on Apple Podcasts by clicking “Try Free” at the top of the How To! show page. Or, visit slate.com/howtoplus to get access wherever you listen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:48.2	I love to tell the story of a couple who came in to see me and they were so loving to one
0:53.3	another and the wife had gone through a very
0:56.4	difficult pregnancy. And then it ended up with a C-section after 30-something hours of labor. And her husband
1:03.8	just lies back with his hands behind his head for his vasectomy. The vasectomy is done. He's like,
1:10.1	oh, that's it. It's over.
1:11.4	I didn't even feel anything. And this loving wife leans over and punched him really hard in the
1:16.7	arm and said, you could have felt one fraction of one contraction. This was your turn.
1:25.1	Welcome to how to. I'm Carvel Wallace. So if you're a U.S. listener, I'm sure you, like the rest of us, have been processing the election for the past few days. And there is always some uncertainty in this interim period when we've elected the new administration, but they haven't yet fully assumed power.
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1:50.5	including reproductive rights and contraception.
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