Another scientific breakthrough with the potential to change society. This time, perhaps for the better. The male contraceptive pill.
What makes it so groundbreaking? For thousands and thousands of years, masculinity and femininity have been shaped by the biological fact that for a man, passing on his genes to the next generation is a matter of minutes, while for a woman, it’s a matter of pregnancy and several years of childcare. Although social mores have tried to compensate by forcing men to take their share of responsibility, the basic setup is this. Hence the evolutionary pressure for men not to choose too much and for women to choose very carefully. That’s why sex is referred to as a female resource.
Hence the evolutionary pressure for men not to choose too much and for women to choose very carefully.
The revolution was not so much brought about by contraception, but by genetic paternity tests. Suddenly the man is in the same vulnerable position as the woman. If he produces a child, he may be forced to participate in its care for decades. Even the opposite – a woman can trick a man by lying to him about taking contraception. A man has no such option. In such an environment, it would be logical that sex should be more of a male resource. At least that’s what some anthropologists write, and it makes sense.
With a male birth control pill, it wouldn’t go backwards, but it would be a little closer to the original state. A man can behave completely carefree again, and only cultural patterns, morals, customs, etc. prevent him from doing so. This is much closer to the millennial concept of masculinity.
