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I had to read this a few times to understand it:

case A: 99m 100f

case B: 100m 1f

Obviously the comparison is not symmetrical. So it‘s nonsense. Maybe a „not“ was added accidentally.

In any case, it‘s also factually wrong. The majority of men do not have sex with a very large number of women. And those who do would be well advised to use a condom to prevent STDs.

In fact the opposite is the case: Since the number of men who have sex with a very large number of women is known to be small, the few men taking the pill could replace a large number of women having to take it, therefore the pill for men would be more efficient.



I think in both cases the OP assumes there are 100 men and 100 women.

Case A: 1 man on birth control, 0 women on birth control.

Case B: 0 men on birth control, 99 women on birth control.

But it's hard to infer exactly what they meant because their wording/reasoning was so sloppy.




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