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Natural male contraception: boil your bollocks
July 6th, 2010 | Author: Tom
Followers of quack medicine and general wingnuttery will be well aware of naturalnews.com, home of “Health Ranger” Mike Adams. It’s always worth perusing if you want to keep up with the latest “all natural” nonsense, but there was one recent article in particular that caught my eye.
The article in question is on natural male contraception. One recommendation is to eat papaya seeds, which apparently affects the infertility of rats and rabbits. I’ve no idea if a study has been done on humans, but it seems like a breeze compared to the other option: dangle your testicles in 116 °F (46°C) water (just below the pain threshold, supposedly) for 45 minutes a day every day for 21 days. This should keep you sperm-free for 6 months.
Now, I’ve got so many questions. Firstly, where is the evidence that this works? Did someone carry out experiments to determine the optimal time and temperature, or did Kim Evans (the author) just make it up for a laugh?
Second, what exactly is the technique involved? Can you boil the kettle, fill a teacup with hot water, wait until it cools to the right temperature, then squat over it naked whilst holding your old chap out of the way? How do you maintain the temperature of the water? With an industrial waterbath? Also, what are you supposed to do for 45 minutes? Listen to music? Read a book? Hope the dog doesn’t wander in?
Third, how would this be introduced into a relationship? I can picture the scene: a girlfriend is cuddling with her boyfriend on the sofa, she’s surfing the net. “Look what I’ve found on naturalnews.com darling!”.
Insane. What’s wrong with condoms or the pill?
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