Male Birth Control: A Whole New Way for Men to Think about Their Swimmers

The birth control pill radically transformed our society over half a century ago, and the current
development of new male contraceptives could usher in a new sexual order if it ever makes
it to market. This talk focuses on three questions about values in science, reproductive
ethics, and masculine identity—Why is there still no pill for men? Why is male contraception
an ethical priority? Would men even use it?—and elucidates the way biases have influenced
contraceptive research. Offering a positive vision of manhood based in equity and solidarity
across genders, it identifies a new way for men and other sperm producers to think about
their swimmers, rooted in shared responsibility for reproduction.

Christopher ChoGlueck is a philosophy professor and advocate of reproductive equity who
earned his PhD from Indiana University–Bloomington. An associate professor of ethics
at New Mexico Tech, he is a visiting fellow at the Center for Philosophy of Science at
the University of Pittsburgh during his sabbatical. ChoGlueck has served as an expert
panelist for the Society of Family Planning and the American Society of Emergency
Contraception to pressure the FDA to correct the label of Plan B (the “morning after”
pill), and his research and advocacy have been featured in Scientific American and on
CNN, NPR, and PBS NewsHour.

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