That Male Contraception Story Was Bad Science Reporting At Its Worst | Vol. 4 / No. 1.5

If you’ve been reading the news about the latest male contraception study, you could be forgiven for thinking that it was canceled because men are a bunch of wimps who can’t handle the side-effects women have been putting up with for years. That’s the story as reported by headlines like “Male birth control study nixed after men can’t handle side effects women face daily,” and “Yes, contraceptives have side effects – and it’s time for men to put up with them too.” The only problem? Everyone got so caught up in the “lol men” that they didn’t even bother to read the study.
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