How Does Birth Control Work?

[@MinuteEarth]

Thanks to commenters for pointing out that ectopic pregnancy is not a potential complication of a vasectomy! We'll update the chart.

[@Gwallacec2]

The copper iud is not hormonal and easily removable is not a good term.

[@TheTerranInformed]

Interesting video! What an intriguing analogy! (Factories) I do have a potential correction though: At 0:27 you say “even though a person has already made all the eggs they will ever make at Birth” But this Scishow video says that that is and outdated idea: m.kzbin.info/www/bejne/gZexf5iIrsmCq8k&pp=ygUkc2Npc2hvdyBodW1hbiBmZW1hbGVzIHByb2R1Y2luZyBlZ2dz (42 seconds in)

[@NickWrightDataYT]

*PHEW!*

[@RentedRedux]

@@Gwallacec2 They didn't say easily removable. They said easily reversible. But yes, a better description of type would probably be "chemical".

[@Moonlight-e9s]

Lol❤

[@Wulfjager]

The most effective way ive managed to prevent pregnancy is never leaving my bedroom to meet an egg producing human

[@_BL4CKB1RD_]

Noice.

[@BesttLuck]

Likewise

[@lambda653]

Another effective way is to only meet with other sperm producing humans. That's what I do.

[@lucy_derg]

@vandalbelis544 we know

[@nejsem_kreativni]

This is a 200 iq move

[@Talador12]

This 3 minute video does more than most schools in the USA

[@Xeem_Pad]

If you're an idiot, yes

[@shadowcruiser874]

Certainly more then that one kzbin.info/www/bejne/rHSTo6J7oNB-obM

[@swisse213]

especially schools in red states

[@ethangarchitorena2985]

and PHILIPPINE schools

[@planetoforts]

True

[@Donerci_Pikacu_Usta]

1:36 I like sperms emotions changes depending on where they got stop. Neat detail.

[@BariumCobaltNitrog3n]

This is not accurate. The tail is the emotional one.

[@alveolate]

So. Much. Sperm.

[@ColorInversion]

1. Why did they break my path permanently? 2. Hey, who put this trampoline here? Eh I don't mind. 3. What the heck is that? 4. OH COME ON!

[@NASSAfellow]

I clicked to comment this because i saw it in the thumbnail. 😅

[@lp1a_]

angy sperm

[@nebulan]

The day after pill acts similar to some of the hormonal birth control. There's no reason to ban the day after pills because they don't end a pregnancy. They prevent one from starting.

[@haqvor]

It is not about pregnancies. It is about controlling women and controlling their sexual health is a very effective method to accomplish that.

[@AbiSaysThings]

There is no reason to ban them because women should inherently have more rights than a bundle of cells that may or may not be inside them.

[@northstarjakobs]

The Copper IUD also prevents implantation, which is why it can be used as emergency contraception (and is often the most effective method for those over a certain weight, as the different emergency contraceptive pills are less effective with a higher body weight).

[@nebulan]

@@northstarjakobs good to know!

[@nebulan]

@@haqvor education is still the answer. The more voters realize the health benefits of these things, the less they'll put up with politicians using abortion for votey points.

[@ishh1283]

God bless the Internet, hopefully saving a bunch of teenagers with these nuggets of knowledge that they should be teaching in school

[@SuperScarab]

Tf you are talking about ?? As if pre marital s*x is even a good thing to begin with

[@kubadzejkob332]

Amen and awomen

[@zaytaz9331]

Yep I'm a teenager who is DEFINITELY not willing to do anything until marriage due to religious reasons, but it's still good to know. It's also kinda interesting (excluding the dirty parts), how reproduction works. It's just biology tbh. Idk why people my age are so infatuated on it or think it's funny cuz uh it's how you were born dude😭

[@من-الولايه]

Muslim? Me too​@@zaytaz9331

[@Aeni13]

But didn't they teach? I learned this on school, although some people in my country are agaisnt sex education on school.

[@jellyfishjames3504]

Ectopic pregnancy is only a potential complication in Tubal Ligations. Not in Vasectomies. Anything that obstructs the fallopian tubes increases the risk of ectopic pregnancy, because the fertilized egg will be unable to travel to the uterus, and will implant (usually) in the fallopian tube. Tubal ligation does this but it should keep sperm from passing as well, just not always. Vasectomies act on the vas deferens in the male so there's no increased risk of ectopic pregnancy.

[@TalentodePlata]

Was just wondering the exact same thing, sounded odd as hell.

[@icedmatchatea9345]

Yeah I have no idea why they’d say that

[@brent9359]

I would assume a properly performed tubal ligation should prevent the sperm from passing

[@icedmatchatea9345]

@@brent9359i think it should ideally but sperm are so small that they still might go further down the tube to where the eggs are and can’t leave

[@juggernaut93]

It was a mistake, they fixed it now

[@k20nutz]

The giant cork is a master class in comedy.

[@diwang3845]

Yes

[@tomasprochazka6198]

Actually, it's very small. It's scaled up

[@susear5939]

Next level cork blocking.

[@kubadzejkob332]

Was I the only one uncomfortable when it blew open? 😳

[@galaxybiscuit]

​@@tomasprochazka6198 it's average 😭😭😭

[@NickWrightDataYT]

3:06 sorry...vasectomies can cause ectopic pregnancies?? Are you sure that isn't a copy-paste error from the Tubal Ligations column? EDIT: For those who don't know, MinuteEarth confirmed that this was a mistake. They said they'll update the chart.

[@wesleykirkland7150]

I was wondering why that section was blurred

[@LemonbreadSC]

happens to me all the time but with rocks.

[@titantitan9550]

Why was this video on my recommended

[@最後に褒める]

It’s time….

[@Goldmanknight]

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[@MInty56-]

The universe is telling you your gonna get it soon bro

[@mig8287]

Lmao ikr

[@bubblejeef24]

its not just you

[@52flyingbicycles]

Y’all need a follow up video explaining what the %effectiveness metrics mean. Because IIRC, it doesn’t mean “every time you have sex it reduces the change of pregnancy by X%” it means “over the course of many years of using this method it reduces your chance of pregnancy by X%” which is a VERY different metric. I.e. condoms with 85% effective rate. To the untrained eye, that statistic implies that 1/6 condoms just don’t work. Such a product is basically worthless… but that’s not what 85% means. It means couples who use condoms as their only form of birth control conceive 85% less often than couples who do not. This number actually goes up to 98% less for “perfect usage”, so the biggest risk of condom wearing is user error, not product error

[@DepressivesBrot]

As a further note on Tubal Ligation, it's getting more common to just remove those tubes completely since that's more reliable than tying them and also removes them as a potential cancer risk.

[@lambda653]

Why do people get those instead of just taking a pill?? Remove your ovaries from your body forever vs taking pills occasionally that usually don't have side effects and can be stopped at any time.

[@DepressivesBrot]

@@lambda653 tying or removing the fallopian tubes is not the same as removing the ovaries themselves. That would have further implications and is usually only done for various medical reasons rather than "just" family planning. As for why some people opt for more permanent forms of birth control? Because they are permanent. Because they can't be taken away by an overbearing government declaring pills suddenly illegal, because you can't forget to take them once and mess up your protection for the whole month (the pill is very time critical), because some people absolutely get a fuck ton of side effects on pills or other hormonal BC...

[@arashikou6661]

⁠​⁠@@lambda653For my spouse, it was a few factors: 1) Hormonal birth control _wasn’t_ side-effect-free for them and caused a bunch of changes in behavior and health 2) They had fertility problems anyway, so even if we did want biological kids, it was going too be an uphill battle 3) They have a chronic disease that would make getting pregnant risky for both them and the baby So for them, pregnancy was never going to be a realistic option, and the alternatives weren’t working well, so they just wanted the risk eliminated. But obviously that’s not true for most people. And, anecdotally, very few people get tubal ligations compared to using reversible or temporary forms of birth control, specifically for the reasons you listed. Even for my spouse, who was 95% sure they were never going to want to be pregnant, permanent birth control wasn’t the first thing they tried. (Relayed with permission from my spouse)

[@kocsisvirag1561]

​@@lambda653 BE AWARE IT'S ALL MY OWN EXPERIENCE! NOT PROFESSIONAL ADVICE. please, I have newly started taking those pills, it's my second month so the effect should be full effect, i feel like a trash bag sometimes because of it, (it does says side effects can cause so many things in the video, but there are waaaay more side effects than that little ) so generally I feel good, but after I started taking the pills my overall mood, and sensitiveness went worse. I feel so sad and in pain bc of things so much more easily, I am not as happy, i cry more. But general mood swings are in the "it's probably still okay to take kind of side effect" list. 1. I generally know myself as a strong stomached person, I can even eat food when it's bad, and still not puke (I rarely eat those kind of food, It’s just that at first i don’t notice just after a few spoons, or something), when have a very strong compulsion to gag (while having a sick throat) still not puking, nothing is coming up my stomach easily. After I started taking those pills? I start my day feeling not good, drink a few sip water or tea AND THROW IT ALL UP, no food thrown up, just liquid. WHY?! it's been years since i puked and now in a month i puked twice? I blamed the first one on feeling really awful but the second time cannot be blamed on anything else. ( i continued drinking the rest, and yes the water and the tea was perfectly fine, my bladder and shit was fine with it even after I threw up in the morning ) SO LIKE, do you wish to randomly throw up and feel really really shit in the morning once or twice in a month just because? any way 2. ye the moodswings, rather sensitiveness, I feel so much more like crying, because of things that didn't even make a chance to make me care for them. Why am I like this? 3. It made my menstruation shit. it does say a side effect like "clungy" menstruation. but its more like.. it started 6 days earlier, and it's been going for 12 days already, i do feel like it can go longer than 2 weeks (, just mentioning a menstruation cycle is usually 28 days long). I do feel generally worse on when menstruating, and the tablet only gives me a week break to let the body flush out it's ... thing. still it writes it still has full effect in that pill free week as it's description says so, i wish no one, a worse menstruation on an already bad menstruation (i generally have fine menstruation it's just so much hormonal stress that i can not take as well that even thinking about it can make me cry) Its description says when after starting taking it, menstruation disorientation exists for several months, check up with doc and stop taking pills immediately. (also i did ask my doctor, if i can make the pill takings more.. flexible, like a longer wait for my period or, shorter maybe, but the answer for a longer wait was a strictly no, and the pills description said i can start take it earlier ) 4. Many or some woman can't take this pill, especially ppl with thrombosis. They'll probably die from it. here are some serious side effects that MY birth control pill says: retinal vein thrombosis: - instant blindness - painless blurry vision, that can go to blindness heart attack: (i don't really know medical english, sorry) - pain in chest, discomfort, English words I don't remember. - in the place of heart, feeling pressure there or fullness (okay i can't really translate all of it, but it's saying a bunch physical discomfort like things, like heavy breathing and out of breath all the time) stroke: (it is a longer list than the heart attack, but it is generally a heart attack but with your brain :D) -face, arm or legs suddenly feeling numb, or weak - sudden confusion, and/ or confusion in speaking - suddenly walking problem, walking like a drunk person. (technically) - serious, very serious headache - passing out (with a bunch of side effects, they will not pass out like a disney princess) blood clots blocking other blood vessels: -swelling and slight bluish discoloration of the limb -serious stomach ache. angioedema: -face, tongue, or/and throat swelling or/and swallowing difficulties with even breathing difficulties. deep blood vessel thrombosis. - (generally when your leg more reminds you of a 5 year old’s leg on a vacation place they never been (they fell and stand up so much)) lungemboli: like.. between dying of not getting air, and having a cold and drunk a poison that makes you cough up blood.. that’s it’s description. tbh. I'm not that scared of that, bc they don't have a high chance of happening here’s a list of “don’t take this tablet” list: (of you or a close relative of yours have any of: every sickness through depression, skin cancer, liver problems, with even epilepsy and allergies) o-o i just don’t think a person exists where their whole family is as healthy as can be through several generations. so I can probably just link the joke video of this joke meds, where it gives you all the side effects and doesn’t do anything good to your body. Because, this really doesn’t heal anything, it just makes you unable to reproduce.. so.. uh. ye. What's bothering, is the list that are considered common side effects. (1 out of 10) - acne - headache -stomachache - moodswings -breast pain/growth/sensitiveness, painful or unorganized menstruation, (nvm not even menstruation, just general bleeding down there) -weight growth there are uncommon side effects: (1 out of 100) and rare ones (1 out of 1000) with a list of everything. it does contains my mentioned problems. I am not happy. i would not take this pill a second longer if i get worse side effects I can write a 5th reason I will soon stop taking this. The uncommon list contains the pharyngitis which I just woke up with this morning. (it’s summer here, you can only get such painful throat in winter, this pill is bs) I am meeting up with my doctor soon. it is not "just taking a pill".

[@sofiac9103]

​@@lambda653 because pills can have side effects like weight gain and depression. Also the surgery only removes the tubes NOT the ovaries

[@Nabend1402]

Small point: In the table at the end under "Need a Health Care Provider to Get It?" The No's should be in green and the Yes's should be in red.

[@justbehappyandalwaysbehapp9546]

why though ??

[@DepressivesBrot]

@@justbehappyandalwaysbehapp9546 Because the lower barrier means it's more accessible and thus potentially useful to more people. Seeing a doctor can be much more expensive (but also simply awkward when it comes to such topics). If colouring "no"s green is the issue, they could always rephrase the question to "Is it available without a HCP?" or such.

[@trawrtster6097]

I disagree. The other yes/no are in those colors and would be visually weird to not have them be consistent

[@DJ-sp5vf]

maybe change the question, like can be obtained over the counter or something similar.

[@tehguitarque]

@@DJ-sp5vf yes, this is probably the best choice. We should acknowledge the red elephant in the room that some people view access as a negative. All the better reason to change it to easy access being green :)

[@marcopineapple7463]

As someone who has their biology exam tomorrow, thanks a lot. I liked how you made this part clear for me.

[@PILOSOPAUL]

the fact that I saw the hyena there, on this particular episode abt reproductive health, brought back so much trauma when i first saw the hyena episode and the vivid description of their birth T.T

[@molybdaen11]

Hyenas got the middle finger from mother nature.

[@EdwardChan.999]

Now I remember that episode 😅

[@PILOSOPAUL]

@@EdwardChan.999 no wonder hyenas laugh so mad hahahaha poor them

[@realdragon]

@@molybdaen11 Yeah, honestly nature likes her middle fingers

[@AleksHQ]

I dont know why I'm watching this

[@happysnekk]

Just in case

[@zocker8748]

Just 3 am things

[@Kingdragonkhs]

It’s probably out of curiosity

[@loafychan4717]

Cuz your board

[@notiorieditz666]

​@@zocker8748fr it's 2:47 am and I got recommended I'm like sure why not now I'm going to sleep

[@MaddoxEzman]

Why is my virgin single ass getting this recommended for no reason? I feel personally attacked 😂

[@Tsusagi]

Disclaimer: don’t use a vaginal condom and condom at the same time. Because of latex on latex friction will cause this protection to tear

[@doggoadexx2680]

Oh….actually that makes sense.

[@GFLMA]

I'm such a super virgin that I would probably never have sex, but this is good to know

[@hobartbartholomewpepperidgejr]

@@GFLMAwhy would bro say this 💀

[@1495978707]

Same thing with double condoms in general. Just use a thicker one if you're worried

[@52flyingbicycles]

Also why you should never double-bag. In fact the 85% metric on the chart can be confusing. That’s a long term success rate, not condom-by-condom success rates. “1/6 condoms fail” would be a near worthless product. “Perfect usage” even gets that number to 98%, so the biggest risk in using condoms is user error, not material failure.

[@TheyCalledMeT]

it's relatively easy to convince the female body to be pregnant trough added hormones. it's close to impossible to convince the male body of anything compareable because there is no such thing, which is why it's infinitely harder to find a pill for men, all studies ever tried had severe side effect like permanent sterilization, suicide, etc .. which made it much harder to research further

[@burner555]

>suicide Holy shit what

[@TheyCalledMeT]

@@burner555 well .. depressive bursts which led to suicide. but tbh .. i find permanent sterilization way more concerning about an intentionally temporary preservative .. but those studies are a couple years old and since media outlets are insanely biased against men all new reports i have seen lately just downplay sideeffects and riddicule men as weak and claim double standards .. once there is something declared reasonably save and is on the market .. lets see .. but i am very sceptical, because there is no such thing as faking pregnancy for men

[@otozinclus3593]

No, we had multiple studies and many were stopped for other reasons. In most of these studies, the men wanted to continue regardless of the side effects, because these side effects are still better than the ones of the pill in many cases

[@jec_ecart]

No doubt.

[@Kasandra_]

BS, most female BC is just as harmful as male equivalents. It's just one of the many double standards in medicine, alongside things like denying women painkillers far more often or drug testing trials with far more male participants (at least that last one is getting a bit better I hear)

[@taimunozhan]

The table at the end lists ectopic pregnancy as a possible side effect of vasectomy, I suppose that's a mistake, is it?

[@Gwallacec2]

The chart has a bunch of mistakes… copper iud is not hormonal and the side effects are not correct plus easily removable is not a good term.

[@Metaflossy]

I just got a bisalp done which instead of tying the fallopian tubes, removes the tubes completely. a lot of women are choosing this over ligation because there is a much lower risk of ectopic pregnancy

[@positivity3311]

good luck to whoever needs it!

[@alexdiezg]

3:06 Despite the "(If Used Properly)" label, the external condom and and likely the internal condom and others show numbers is for improper use. It should be closer to 97% for proper use and similar numbers the internal condoms and others.

[@52flyingbicycles]

Yes, and that’s not a condom-by-condom statistics, it’s a long term statistic. One in six condoms being useless would make them useless products. Something I’m sure many people have parroted before to promote abstinence only sex ed. In reality, user failure is much more likely than material failure, and both are still quite unlikely long term.

[@Zoltekk1]

2:54 RIP lil bro 💀

[@bitviper3430]

1:15 Also because some trials of male birth control ended with those men becomes sterile, depressed, or ending their own lives.

[@Romanchan-dg8nm]

Which is ironic because that’s what female birth control does, and no one cares, which is sad, men can totally do birth control (they need it the most since they can get 1000 women pregnant a year) while a woman can only make one every year

[@anastar9437]

Same has happened with female birth control but no one's really talking about it, society even expects women to take it and practically force them because many men don't even wanna wear condoms anymore and they practically force women to take birth control because in case of an unexpected pregnancy 1. Said men will probably walk away and 2. Abortions are banned

[@scotthaggerty7755]

1:21 top tier line read SO MUCH

[@Brambrew]

I just wish sAC inhibitor (male hormonal birth control) was widely available

[@eric_has_no_idea]

The problem is poor effectiveness. It could help a bit, but would likely result in people thinking 80% is good enough. It will get there eventually, but releasing too soon will result in bad results, and may hurt it's future chances.

[@vex080]

​@@eric_has_no_idea reliable once have arleady been finished but got pulled from the market because they had some side effects (headache, mood swings). Not even half of the side effects that the female pill does..but alas women are worth less in that regard

[@Croz89]

​​​​@@eric_has_no_idea You can increase the hormonal dose, but then that also increases the side effects, which can include a risk of permanent sterilisation and reduced sex drive. Some have also reported suicidal ideation with male hormonal birth control, and considering the significantly higher risk in men it's probably a non starter.

[@eric_has_no_idea]

@@Croz89 Right now, yes, its not ready, yet. Women have dealt with that same reaction. Both need more research, womens' was pushed through before we cared about stuff like this.

[@Croz89]

@@eric_has_no_idea Not to the same severity. Hormonal birth control for women does have side effects, sure, but you don't need such a high dose to be effective. Barrier methods seem more promising IMO.

[@lostprophet8888]

@MinuteEarth: Really good video in general and with all the political efforts regarding banning certain birth controls etc. around the world you're doing a great service in simply educating people unbiasedly! I think you missed the mark with the table at @3:07, though. Marking condoms, hormonal birth control and IUDs with the same green colored "Yes" in terms of their reversibility is doing an educational disservice, in my opinion. Maybe you can edit the graphic and add a third option in yellow for a more nuanced answer!? While condoms are literally the most reversible option of birth control, IUDs usually need a medical procedure and the side effects of hormonal birth control can take weeks to months to fully reverse.

[@cuberchez818]

I studied about this literally yesterday and you guys posted this video The visual representation makes recalling concepts easier! Thanks Minute Earth

[@hannajari1294]

Dear Minuteearth, I hope this message finds you well. My name is Hanna and I frequently translate science content and videos, particularly on environmental issues, into Kurdish to make them more accessible to a wider audience. I am also an avid viewer of your content and greatly appreciate the valuable information and entertainment your videos provide. I am writing to seek your permission to translate your videos into Kurdish. I believe this will help make your valuable content accessible to a broader audience, particularly among Kurdish speakers. Thank you for considering my request. I look forward to your positive response. Best regards, Hanna

[@letsdoodlesomethinghome3404]

Best to email them

[@rosieg6989]

Here before all the Handmaid Tale wannabes arrive. Birth control helps keep people healthy, and does more than just prevent babies, even though preventing unwanted babies is important to.

[@kcninetales5973]

It got rid of my acne almost completely, and my periods were no longer irregular.

[@rosieg6989]

@@kcninetales5973 Same, it also made it so I could actually attend school. For 5 to 7+ days a month for four years straight I could almost never go to school as my period would constantly make me throw up and bleep so much I was dizzy and faint. Since being on the pill my periods last exactly 5 days and I have never once thrown up because of my period since. People wanting to ban birth control because they want more unready people to have babies are already evil people, but the don't realize just how many people take it to not have life ending periods.

[@laureeeee]

Hormonal birth control has helped me with PMDD and PCOS! And also with NOT having babies at an age, financial and mental state that will do more harm than good 😊

[@3mar00ss6]

lol bro has not studied medicine and seen his professors leave mid lecture to fix up some 22 yearold otherwise healthy ischemic heart disease patient in an understaffed hospital (ಡ‿ಡ)

[@3mar00ss6]

​@@laureeeeemaybe just don't have sex...

[@naturecomics]

I understand why you put the external and internal condoms on the same sperm pathway (or what have you), but it might not have been the best idea. Using them in tandem can cause friction between the condoms and increases the chance that they will rupture.

[@unknownconfusion6633]

Bro really trying so hard to not get this video demonatized, witch i can respect

[@thelongestcomment1880]

12th word in the comment be like: 🧙‍♀️ 🧙‍♀️

[@Chomta]

​@@thelongestcomment1880xD that one got me

[@BenBuildsDIY]

The copper IUD isn’t a hormonal form of birth control. Not sure why it’s classified as such under the “Type of Birth Control” section.

[@ydrib6086]

2:45 the testical signs looks like a kid with bunny ears sitting with his arms raised

[@akiraohalloran]

I really want to get my ovaries removed so that I can permanently stop having horrible periods. I also have a crippling fear of pregnancy despite neber have engaged sex with the opposite sex. But my doctors keep giving me excuses on why I can't, (like you're too young or you might change your mind ect..) even though I will never change my mind on not wanting to be pregnant. I hate the stigma.

[@Dohyden2]

Stay strong, keep trying different doctors, hopefully you'll find one more open to a proper process to get the surgery

[@akiraohalloran]

@Dohyden2 Thank you 🙏

[@Blackout00745]

A very needed topic in these days. I love kids, thats why i don't put any into this cruel world.

[@oliviasadler5579]

Hi @MinuteEarth, I think you have another error with your chart at 3:06. Copper IUDs are specifically noted by the medical community to be a NON-Hormonal birth control option. If anything, they would be a chemical birth control.

[@kietsuhime]

I got the implant, and I would have liked you to mention it more. I'm glad it's on the chart though. I'm happy with it. It's painful, and bruises a bunch, but it's worth it. It's a set it and forget it for 3 years. I have trouble remembering things. It also regulates my periods, which is the reason I have it, so I don't get a 3 week period. It's great

[@lambda653]

It's painful and it bruises a bunch? How is that worth it over using a pill? Or having him use a condom?

[@kietsuhime]

@@lambda653 I'm very forgetful, so the pill, or many of the plethora of other options, are not a good options for me. A condom is not going to regulate my periods and prevent me from getting a three week period. I use birth control to regulate my periods. I rarely even have the opportunity to need it for birth control reasons anymore. Can't get pregnant if you got no sexual partners. It hurts going in, but I have a really high pain tolerance, and I'm clumsy and hurting myself badly all the time, so my pain tolerance is ridiculously high . Once it's in, it's very bruised, but I barely notice it pain-wise, unless I'm looking at or poking at it. It's just the best option for me 😊

[@kietsuhime]

@@lambda653 it's only really painful when they're putting it in or changing it out for a new one. It's bruises, but if I'm not touching it or looking at it, I barely even notice once it's in. I have a ridiculously high pain tolerance, so it barely even bothers me. I'm forgetful, so the pill, or many other birth control methods won't work for me very well. I love that the implant is a set it and forget it kind of method. I use it mainly for regulating my periods, rather than the birth control purpose, so I don't get a 3 week period. A condom isn't going to regulate my periods. I haven't had the opportunity to use it for the actual birth control purpose of birth control for a while. You can't get pregnant if you're not having sex. It is definitely worth it to me!

[@mirrikybird]

Such simple yet genius use of diagrams while avoiding the red watchful eye

[@yeetboy8671]

I've literally been wondering how this works just earlier this morning

[@carsonhunt4642]

It was very concerning to me when I realized how little women understand the bc they take!! Tricking your body into thinking it’s pregnant 24/7… no thanks. The studies coming out are scary too. We all knew their diet changes, bloated, etc. but new studies shows it affects who they are attracted to! And that many who who were on it that stop tend to no longer be attracted to the guys anymore 😮

[@3mar00ss6]

​@@carsonhunt4642studies? lol I study medicine young otherwise healthy women are coming in with strokes ischemic heart diseases DVTs 24/7 I thought it would be way less than that until I've seen it with my own eyes

[@jbp9653]

I've been getting Baby related recommendations in all my socials, Tiktok, and now YT! I'm not ready yet to be a Father man 😭🙌🏼

[@rookooful]

the problem with most of the sperm focused methods that prevent the sperm leaving the body by either stopping production or cutting off its path ie vasectomy's is that its a use it or loose it situation. Once sperm production is interrupted it starts a timer and the longer the timer goes for the harder it is to get the factory going again. and if you do manage to get it running again then the viability of the sperm is drastically reduced. thats one of the reasons male birth control is so primitive is because its a delicate system and if you mess with it there is a high chance you just made that man sterile forever with no chance of reversing it.

[@Dohyden2]

And hormone based stuff for women can give them Polycystic Ovary Syndrome, which can readily result in losing the ability to release eggs at all. All hormone based birth control has risks, the main reason we haven't made advances in male birth control is because of politics. Too many men in the positions of power they hold (doctors and scientists) don't want to research it.

[@LENZ5369]

Short, sweet and to the point. I can't help remembering a PBS YT vid from a few years back where they equated female hormone pills to partial (to the point of needing HRT to compensate) chemical castration as 'the male pill' and that the reason it so unpopular with men and funders...is sexism /facepalm

[@trixfox45]

Remember when I kept asking for the pill for my terrible periods and my obgyn suggested a copper IUD. Idk if I somehow spoke a different language , but it took a while for her to 100% understand that I'm not having sex (still am a virgin as well) and currently don't care when it comes to preventing a child. (once or if I ever have sex, Im for sure gonna do anything to prevent pregnancy, I'm terrified of it.)

[@OrangeCrayfish]

imagine using all of them at once to make a small obstacle course for the lil fellas

[@zooballoons]

If the sperm made it through the whole thing then I think it might be the chosen one

[@missnaomi613]

*Thanks for another informative video! *Remember folks, a lot of us live in places where we can vote to keep these different options safely available! Please do so if you can! You don't need to have a functioning uterus to care about those who do! *Edit to include a big thank you for the inclusive language!

[@toni_the_toni]

Hormonal treatment like hormonal IUD is actually often used to prevent strong cramps, as far as I know it relieves cramps more often than it worsens them, which is a big difference to the copper IUD for example

[@misteriousgamr]

This is much better than the SexEd class that we had to take in high school

[@Swah-u6t]

2:00 sperm have cell walls? Does this mean cell membrane or do I need to learn something new about sperm?

[@Serpiente21]

Every single cell has a cell wall. Whether you want to call it a membrane based on the thickness is up to you. Human cells have walls, bacteria and viruses have walls, and plant cells have walls.

[@Swah-u6t]

@@Serpiente21 well, no. The difference between a cell wall and cell membrane isn’t thickness, it’s composition. Both terms are well defined in biology. Plant cells have cell walls and cell membranes, which are different (but related) structures. Animal cells have cell membranes but not cell walls.

[@inactivechannel3004]

@@Serpiente21you’re wrong buddy, only bacteria, plants and fungi have cell walls, the rest doesn’t have them

[@tire.d743]

​@@Serpiente21cell wall is an incorrect term, animals/humans dont have cell wall

[@TehConqueror]

semi-related but VERY vital information: Implantation bleeding is defined as a small amount of light spotting or bleeding. It typically occurs about 10 to 14 days after conception. So to rephrase, you MAY think you're out of the woods with your risky pull out game and that sucker could just be playing possum. yet another reason why legislation limiting abortion access based on time is so dangerous because the body can literally be like "psych, you thought you were good but guess what"

[@rosieg6989]

My 7th grade english teacher's wife had that for both pregnancies. In both cases though she was trying to get pregnant and both times she saw the blood she mourned as she thought both times she had had a miscarriage.

[@kayle6923]

Half of these methods are not for "if you don't want to get pregnant", but for "if you want to prevent pregnancy". I think it's problematic to phrase this whole explanation as if it is for people who can get pregnant, this information is really valuable also for people who can impregnate.

[@kyokosakura3192]

It's the same thing. It doesn't matter what is the reason.

[@drunkenhobo5039]

Did you know there are words in English for "people who can get pregnant" and "people who can impregnate"? They're called "women" and "men", respectively.

[@kayle6923]

Lol, if being a trans man could work as a conservative, that would save me a lot of trouble ​@drunkenhobo5039

[@ban1kam]

@@drunkenhobo5039 gender ≠ sex, and it's a scientificaly proven fact

[@jay-tbl]

@@drunkenhobo5039 dont feel comfortable calling young minors "women" personally

[@What-thaW]

1:08 sounding

[@pyrotechnicalbirdman5356]

WHY 💀

[@werty2010master]

Just remember what they call people that use the pull out method. "Fathers"

[@AleksandrUmnov]

Great video, sadly i already see KZbin shadow banning it. I wish there was more space for education

[@fruity4820]

I do not have much use for this information in this point in my life but it is still good to know

[@jayytoofunnyy5628]

5:55 zygote falling out the cooter is crazy

[@thelongestcomment1880]

>watches video >sighs >opens comment section and sets it to first

[@not_vinkami]

After all I still believe my face is the best way to prevent anything from happening

[@somerandomgirl6093]

Not a STD 😅

[@thejurassicking3817]

40 year olds having unprotected sex hundreds of times: Not pregnant 16 year olds having unprotected sex once: It’s twins!

[@User_not_so_active]

Why am I here?

[@DilshodRajapov-q9y]

Bro you fucking clicked on it

[@adamkutalek5713]

Because someone else did not watch this video :)

[@User_not_so_active]

@@DilshodRajapov-q9y I have no idea why! Gawd I’m gonna have a crisis

[@moonimochi]

Bro me too like I'm ace wtf am I here

[@blandberry9622]

A thirst for knowledge perhaps

[@NooneE36]

This video came right after my biology test 💀

[@TeaLurker]

Crazy how this is in my recommendations after doing the deed just a few minutes ago

[@Twlsted234]

There's always the good ol' pullout game if you think you've got what it takes... /s

[@greenapple9477]

NO. THAT. DOES. NOT. WORK. I honestly don't care if you're joking or not, we need to stop saying it works. IT DOESN'T.

[@Twlsted234]

@@greenapple9477 Sounds like you've got a bit of a skill issue over there...

[@greenapple9477]

@@Twlsted234 If you end up making your girlfriend pregnant despite pulling out, or get pregnant after convincing your boyfriend to pull out, you're gonna feel reallll dumb for saying that should you think back to this conversation.

[@Twlsted234]

@@greenapple9477 I'm asexual, the comment was a joke bro💀💀

[@greenapple9477]

@@Twlsted234 1. /s is your friend. 2. Why didn't you say that earlier?

[@luizzeroxis]

Wow, I actually didn't know condoms were only 85% effective. Considering it's a physical barrier, I thought it was more like 100%. Really good to know!

[@rosieg6989]

Condoms, like a lot of plastic/rubber products, are made cheaply through mass production. Even is used properly they could have little errors that let sperm leak out. Sperm cells are very small, so even if a gap isn't visible to the naked eye it can still be large enough for it to get through, and it just takes a single cell to risk getting pregnant.

[@ShadowManceri]

The condom itself is like 99.99% sure. But turns out people use them incorrectly or it might break, often from incorrect use like making a hole with teeth or nails. The structure gets compromised very easily even with a tiny tear. Also the condom has expiration date, after that the material has lost its specified elasticity and strength. Also temperature etc. will affect it. Wallet for example is one of the worst places to keep condoms. Some people also re-use condoms that is big no no. Or it might get lodged. Or they use too big or small one.

[@luizzeroxis]

@@ShadowManceri But it says "if used properly" on the chart...

[@ShadowManceri]

@@luizzeroxis Sure, but that's self-reported and not everyone find fault in their own actions. Sometimes its not even obvious, such as expired condom. Do keep in mind that there are a lot of people and some struggle to boil water. Thus claimed "proper use" might be improper use if investigated further. And of course there are some shady manufacturers that won't have any quality control etc. But take big named company and it's practically male bullet proof.

[@luizzeroxis]

@@ShadowManceri Then the info on the video is wrong, you'd expect that they wouldn't just use self reported information on whenever it's used properly or not, and that fact isn't said in the chart. Well, gonna not have sex ever, just in case xd

[@veronicaeverett3683]

Copper iud was rough at the start but loved the lack of hormones. Now I’m sterilized and there’s of course the risk of ectopic pregnancy but it was the best decision ever and highly recommend it.

[@molybdaen11]

Thanks for the warning though.

[@1cosmicdebris]

You're sterilized because of having the IUD?

[@veronicaeverett3683]

@@1cosmicdebris no I followed up with it.

[@portobeIIa]

I heard it can be extremelly painfull to some and unoticeable to others. It sounds like what i want but im scared lol

[@veronicaeverett3683]

@@portobeIIa lol I’m not going to lie, every period for about the first six months was like the very first stages of when I was in labor with my kids. Like the beginning when you realize that you’re going to have a baby, not actively lying there trying to push out a baby. A couple days of simulation is better than having a baby though lol it Lasted a couple of days in the middle of my period. But then it just kind of stopped and I had it for three years with no problems.

[@zounthemixer6180]

I really love how a sex education video is made to be engaging and non-explicit. good job

[@Adriell.h.b.]

Excellent video! Thanks for making it. Great graphics as well.

[@sohu86x]

Depression and non existent sex drive is also a way to avoid pregnancy

[@vityaschel]

The best way to prevent pregnancy is to never sleep with a person who has other type of factory ;)

[@RomanMlejnek]

real and gay

[@Finian1]

I can easily survive all of these birth control methods, you see

[@DaffyDaffyDaffy33322]

Whats the blurred out third risk for vasectomies? It's completely removed from the downloadable graphics. 3:07

[@ylhajee]

It was an error in the original chart that incorrectly said vasectomies increase risk of ectopic pregnancy

[@karmaakabane6704]

if this channels was to explain all my lessons I wouldn't fail once ! great great work minute earth. could you make minute economy?

[@crisdanpadilla9861]

Im scared why is this recomended to me 😰

[@smreha]

Girl problems 😅

[@UnderRuler777]

I remember one study done to make a male birth control. It was supposed to slow down/stop production of sperm and be responsible. The problem was it wasn't as reversible as it should have been and had some other nasty side effects. Granted it was not nearly as bad as what news outlets were claiming. Only 1 guy didn't get his sperm count back to a healthy level. However it took over a year after stopping treatment for most to regain healthy sperm counts. Even then most were on the lower end of that.

[@VascovanZeller]

How on earth is a *correctly* used condom only 85% effective?

[@rosieg6989]

Condoms, like a lot of plastic/rubber products, are made cheaply through mass production. Even is used properly they could have little errors that let sperm leak out. Sperm cells are very small, so even if a gap isn't visible to the naked eye it can still be large enough for it to get through, and it just takes a single cell to risk getting pregnant.

[@stuffynosepatrol]

The pill + condom is the best way to go

[@otozinclus3593]

85% does not mean for single use, these numbers are based on how likely it is over an entire year of regular sex to get pregnant. Defects in condoms can occur. However, that 85% number is just one of many. Most sources are around the mid 90%. Still, it is not totally reliable on its own and if you to 100% don't want a kid, you should combine it with other methods

[@HenningGu]

Honestly, I found the thumbnail to be pretty good.

[@Mirrale]

I was hoping you’d touch on the newer male birth control injections that physically block the vas deferens with a temporary gel

[@Enden31]

didn't they though ? The jelly thing ?

[@Mirrale]

@@Enden31the jelly they discussed is spermicide that is a topical application every time you have sex. It just kills sperm but it doesn’t lock it into your balls like what what I’m referring to. I’m talking about a semi-surgical injection of gel into your vas deferens that hardens for years. You can undo it earlier by injecting a solvent that dissolves it. It basically emulates a vasectomy without actually permanently cutting the vas deferens. It just blocks them in

[@eric_has_no_idea]

​@@Enden31no, that is different. The gel talked about is spermicide. The one op is talking about physical blocks the path. It's like a temporary vasectomy.

[@Croz89]

It's probably the most promising because it's non hormonal (hormonal birth control in men has either been not very effective or has introduced severe side effects), it lasts a reasonably long time and it can be quickly reversed with another injection. The only downside is it needs to be administered by a medical professional.

[@Mirrale]

@@Croz89 inb4 penis enemas

[@nmichaels1]

This is a well-done explanation of very important information. Thank you for making it.

[@JohnLawrenceKatayama]

3:01 NAHHHHHHH bro said plan B ain't good enough💀☠️

[@stephy5902]

True tho

[@LoneWolfMikoto]

Okay so let's use all kinds of protection and we will be good 😂

[@rosieg6989]

Well if you combine say condom and birth control pill the effectiveness is about 99.8%, but don't go combining every method as for example combining and external and internal condom has a decently high chance of both tearing.

[@iceginlychee]

3:08 How is external condom only effective at 85% "if used properly" whereas it's literally a physical barrier that blocks sperm? Don't tell me the 15% represents condoms breaking... "If used properly", they could never break

[@rosieg6989]

Condoms, like a lot of plastic/rubber products, are made cheaply through mass production. Even is used properly they could have little errors that let sperm leak out. Sperm cells are very small, so even if a gap isn't visible to the naked eye it can still be large enough for it to get through, and it just takes a single cell to risk getting pregnant.

[@LuckyCoinFrog]

manufacturing flaws can be a factor..

[@danilooliveira6580]

85% is in general, with perfect use it's something like 95%. the most common ways it fails are tears, leaks, and slipping.

[@lonestarr1490]

The metrics of birth control are kinda wild. The short version is, there are studies tracking couples who use a specific method for a year and then they count how many of them get pregnant regardless. The metric then emerges from a meta study which basically averages a bunch of those studies. And that's your effectiveness number. With condoms, your single point of failure is just a thin membrane. As long as it holds, it is extremely effective. But when it breaks, it's free real estate all over again.

[@drunkenhobo5039]

@@danilooliveira6580 Slipping can be caused due to it being too large, and men often buy the wrong size due to hubris. There's a company that renamed their sizes to something like "huge", "gigantic" and "enormous" and they found men were far more likely to buy the correct size in that case.

[@MicroBlogganism]

2:03 Human cells don't have cell walls

[@speedy01247]

good thing I checked this, before I commented, you are right that human cells don't have a cell wall, but it was likely a mistake on their part, they likely mean the cell membrane which all cells have. (I googled it just to ensure I wasn't wrong only to find out I was in fact wrong)

[@Boogieboogersboo]

Guess who didnt do their homework

[@woox200sx]

I use my personality as a contraceptive.

[@TheViolaBuddy]

Is menopause when the body runs out of eggs? If so, does the first kind of birth control, where eggs are stopped from leaving the egg factory, mean that menopause comes later? Or is menopause more complicated than that?

[@thefrenchselkie1401]

more complicated. menopause is a hormonal change

[@hanifarroisimukhlis5989]

Not really, there are still plenty of eggs. How and why exactly menopause is triggered is still a mystery.

[@molybdaen11]

The menopause comes when a woman becomes too old. The number of fertile eggs decreses anyway over they life. I think it exists in humans to give grandmothers the opportunity to help the tribe with the kids so that the younglings can go back into production sooner.

[@DemonixTB]

3:10 why is that part in trhe bottom right cen sored?

[@eric_has_no_idea]

Mistake. KZbin would reset everything if they re-uploaded so a blur box is the fastest way to edit.

[@BoMwarriorVlog]

​@@eric_has_no_idea But what is blurred out?

[@eric_has_no_idea]

@@BoMwarriorVlog ectopic pregnancy. It was a simple copy & paste error. A few people saw it, posted, and they replied/ confirmed their error.

[@imaginationinnovationanima4098]

So essentially its like me trying to get to sleep from work but either the road is destroyed, the door is locked shut, or there's several turrets behind the door, or the bed is so unbearable thin I decide to sleep on the floor.

[@smugbedo2986]

I’ve found that being gay helps tremendously

[@xcoder1122]

If truly used properly, a condom is 100% effective, as no sperm can ever pass through it. But what if the condom rips? That's the point, if used properly it won't. If it rips that is always due to improper use. Condoms are electrical and mechanical tested at the factory, every single one (not just randomly chosen samples), so no condom that isn't 100% tight or has the required wall thickness to not rip will ever leave the factory. A condom can rip if it was the wrong size, if you didn't apply it correctly, if you used a condom destroying lubricant, if you scratched the condom with a sharp object, if you punctuated it with a spiky object, if you store it incorrectly before use or if use it past it's maximum usage date - but all of this qualifies as improper use. So the table at the end lies. The reason why a condom performs so poorly in practice is because there are so many easy ways to use it improperly while with many other methods improper use is pretty much impossible (how would you use an implant or shot improper? Well, you can't. Once you got it, it will simply work, there is no improper use). The table at the end claims "if used properly" but that's not true. The numbers given are the numbers how well it does work in practice and in practice, there is improper use. If used properly, there is no reason why the pill would be worse than an implement, it works exactly the same way. The reason why it performs worse in practice is because you may forget to take it or not take it as instructed and again, that's improper use.

[@rosieg6989]

Condoms, like a lot of plastic/rubber products, are made cheaply through mass production. Even is used properly they could have little errors that let sperm leak out. Sperm cells are very small, so even if a gap isn't visible to the naked eye it can still be large enough for it to get through, and it just takes a single cell to risk getting pregnant. Also with poorer quality, even if used properly it can still rip.

[@AfiqaWasH3r3]

Wild recommendations (i clicked)

[@JonesBrothersProductionsiac]

I am literally alone and haven't had any action in months, why is this in my recommendation?

[@Hawkpelt94]

And bisalps, to my understanding, remove the tube alltogether. My question then, what happens to a released egg, if theres no tube?

[@AHvortex]

I learned more from that thumbnail, and then I did from any of my health classes lol

[@iainballas]

Just remember: None of these methods work if your local government either stops you from getting them, or prosecutes you for trying to use them. Petition to make birth control available for free to anyone, no questions asked.

[@yanivray]

Free means the government pays for it, that means tax money, that means my money, why should i pay for your unprotected sex?

[@disrael2101]

in ph is illegal indeed

[@BariumCobaltNitrog3n]

NO questions? That's ridiculous. Free to poor people maybe. What kind of birth control, how long will you take it, how old are you, can you remember to take a pill EVERY day, can we put a dongle in your sex cave and there's more, so many questions. Are you experiencing any pain...? Also they still work despite what ylg says.

[@Lone-Lee]

No way I'm gonna pay for what you do for your pleasure!!

[@rosieg6989]

Sorry iain, I think the Americans with no experience of free healthcare found your comment.

[@DakshtrivediJIRAYASENSI]

This just explained me everything which was on my 5 lectures. Thank you so much dear 💗😊

[@divyanshgoel4551]

what does "95%" mean? Does it mean that on average, 1 in 20 people who use this method get pregnant, or does it mean that on average you will have to have sex 20 times?

[@gfrewqpoiu]

I think it probably refers to the pearl index. Basically, if 100 couples are tracked for a year It says how many will get an unwanted pregnancy in that year.

[@LuckyCoinFrog]

@@gfrewqpoiu interesting. In % chances I would normally think it as a 95% chance of working each ahh.. "dice roll".

[@rfldss89]

When talking about the effectiveness of birth control, the percentage refers to the amount of couples that get pregnant after a year of using a specific birth control method. So, a 95% effectiveness, means that, in studies, 5 couples out of 100 got pregnant within a year by using that method of contraception. Now, there are some very obvious flaws with that metric, but it's very difficult to quantise exactly how effective a method of contraception is, because of all the variables involved in reproduction and sex.

[@gfrewqpoiu]

@@rfldss89 Which is also why, for example, there are different percentages for average use (people forget, get diarrhea, use the wrong size etc), and perfect use. Part of the reason why condoms are so low.

[@lonestarr1490]

​@@gfrewqpoiu There should definitely be a percentage for "drunk use" as well.

[@floringhisa48]

"Will generally start producing eggs again"... great

[@Hugh.Manatee]

0:08 Does that infographic kind of perpetuate the myth that conception happens in the uterus? I know you guys know better and its just a simplified graphic, but since that idea is so prevalent, I feel like it could have done with an addendum?

[@mumtrz]

Wgere does it do the uh thingy thwn miste rsmart man or woman or mnaatee man?

[@Hugh.Manatee]

@@mumtrz On the off chance you're not joking, or for anyone who really doesn't know: the ovum releases from the ovary and sperm have to swim all the way up the fallopian tubes to fertilise it. The resulting zygote is pushed by cilia (little microscopic hairs) to the uterus in about 3 or 4 days, where it takes about a week to actually implant in the uterine wall.

[@mumtrz]

@@Hugh.Manatee I either forgot about the fallopian tube or forgot about the night I type this comment entirely because I was high as a kite, I think, I hope... Mr. Alzheimer won't attack a man in his 20s right? right?? Either way thank you manatee man

[@Rncko]

I like how the table goes 1st line --> Does it stop STD? And its a blood bath......

[@ScorpionClaws789]

Most birth control methods aren't really intended to prevent STD transfer, to be fair. Only birth control methods that block the transfer of fluids would work, and condoms are the only example of that on the list.

[@Rncko]

@@ScorpionClaws789 I know, just kinda chuckled at the fact that they know that there're many who are looking up this info & weren't in the "family planning" stage but merely for intimation. And immediately put the most crucial info on 1st row.

[@Gwallacec2]

The copper iud is not hormonal as seen in your chart. Also easily removable is not a good term. It should just be removable. Lastly the side effects are not correct. I honestly expect better from minute earth…

[@napiski2260]

What do you expect from a channel that says "egg producers" instead of women? The black-rock sponsored alphabet mafia has had their influence in this channel for a while now, don't expect quality content from them.

[@somerandomnon-importantper3219]

​@@napiski2260 Buddy, you do realize that "egg producer" refers to the ORGAN, not the individual, do you not?

[@napiski2260]

@@somerandomnon-importantper3219 Because saying "ovaries" is too difficult, right, cultist?

[@somerandomnon-importantper3219]

@@napiski2260 You mean the literal very first word used in this video? The LITERAL first words used in this video are ovaries and testicles. Yet I'm the cultist? The irony is rich

[@somerandomnon-importantper3219]

@@napiski2260 It really is hilarious though. I just rewatched the video paying extra attention to the words used. And the very first sentence they say is "You can think of ovaries and testicles as factories that produce eggs and sperm". So immediately, the word factory is established as a metaphor to accentuate the functions. You're the one making connections that quite simply are not there. And your first course of action when you are challenged is to call me a "cultist". I heavily suggest you exercise some self reflection. One of the defining traits of cultists is an unwillingness to challenge their world view to the point that they act hostile towards any challenge. Which is exactly what you did here my friend