"Men have an emotional tie to their balls."
By Via Alterdestiny we learn of some boundlessly dysfunctional attitudes toward reproductive technologies — in this case the “Male Pill,” which evidently threatens to emasculate us all by packing our gonads full of cooties. Following quickly on the heels of a post celebrating the “death of the metrosexual”, this post — and the comedic stylings to be found in its priceless comments thread — merely reaffirms the transparent insecurities on which normative male heterosexuality is founded.
This is just a guess, but I’m assuming the male birth control pill does not come in suppository form.
As for the issue on the table, Erik puts it as succinctly as anyone: “Any man who refuses out of hand to take a form of birth control because it threatens his manhood is an asshole.”
My wife, whose insta-rants are something to behold (and, at times, fear), offered a somewhat different perspective: “Men can’t be trusted to take a pill every day — they can’t even remember to pick up their fucking socks. ‘Emotional tie to their balls,’ my ass. This is why my brother won’t get his fucking dog neutered. These men should all be kept in a cage somewhere. What is that they have in baseball — a bullpen? That’s what we need for these guys. A fucking bullpen.”