A means of sharing the birth control burden with men (other than through condoms) has been a long time coming, and researchers working with a testosterone / progestin gel (dabbed anywhere on the body daily) seem to be coming close to an answer.
A bigger problem seems to be that pharmaceutical companies think there’s little to no market for such a thing, meaning the research isn’t exactly well-funded. Apparently they believe that men either are happy to fob off the responsibility for contraception to women, or that somehow they will be “un-manned” if they aren’t spraying copious sperm in all directions.
I disagree with their pessimism, but that may just be my own twisted sense of personal responsibility and lack of chest-thumping insecurity.
Do you want to know more? Male Birth Control Could Actually Happen. But Do Men Want It? | WIRED