SHOCKING: Birth Control Costs For Women Versus Men

Wow, the calculation they use for the women-to-men cost at the bottom assumes men use one condom every day from age 18 to 65. Which is — sorry, guys — total B.S. Assuming the average condom use over a man’s lifetime is (realistically) more like half of that number, then it would cost ~$8,500 to…

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Sara Critchfield

May 1, 2012

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