Oh, the puns and double entrendres I could create with this topic. Let me behave myself, though, and just say that the male pill is coming - err, I mean it’s on the way. In the news this week, we learn that we’re about five years away from a commercially available male contraceptive.

Men would take the pill a few hours before The Act in order to have a sperm-free night…meaning they couldn’t inseminate anyone.

As a blogger at Salon reports:

Sounds good to those of us who have been juggling the side effects of hormonal birth control, the mood-shattering inconvenience of the diaphragm and the inconsistent availability of the sponge for years.

But according to a truly obnoxious group of guys interviewed in yesterday's New York Daily News, the male pill may not be going over like gangbusters with its intended consumers.

A 25-year-old entertainment executive named "Matt" told the paper, "This Pill sounds way too scary ... I can't imagine anyone I know taking it. I know I wouldn't." And urologist Harry Fisch said, "I don't think a lot of men are going to take this ... I wouldn't do anything with it. Nice try."

These men are up in arms because it would mean sex that ends without a big finish. Apparently guys really dislike the idea of losing their, umm, flow.

They also think it ruins spontaneity: "When it gets to the point where I know I'm going to have sex two hours before I actually have it, I will be too old to have babies."

And they’re say they’d be worried about accidental ejaculations. What happens then, they ask? Well, the same thing that happens when female birth control fails. Welcome to our world. It’s a scary place.

All over the world, each and every day, birth control can and does fail. That’s why doubling up on the responsibility and sharing the burden is such a smart idea.

This pill may not be perfect, but I’m happy to see any new options available to the masculine half of the population, and I hope men will step up to the plate and start taking control for themselves.

The male pill (especially one that operates in this way) won’t solve all our unintended pregnancies. But it might prevent some of them, and that’s a good thing.