More than half of the women do not believe that their partners will remember taking it while nearly 20 percent of men say that it would decrease their masculinity.
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In comparison, just over 17 percent of the men said that they will struggle to remember taking the pill. However in a major blow to the pill, over 19 percent of the men said taking the pill would make them feel less masculine while less than half of those surveyed said that they will be taking the pill once it comes on the market.
“The manly image probably does lend itself to a reluctance to take something like a male oral contraceptive pill. I found that the cultural association between taking the Pill and femininity was also a concern”, Dr Walker added.
Source-Medindia