004.034 YUSUFALI: Men are the protectors and maintainers of women, because Allah has given the one more (strength) than the other, and because they support them from their means. Therefore the righteous women are devoutly obedient, and guard in (the husband's) absence what Allah would have them guard. As to those women on whose part ye fear disloyalty and ill-conduct, admonish them (first), (Next), refuse to share their beds, (And last) beat them (lightly); but if they return to obedience, seek not against them Means (of annoyance): For Allah is Most High, great (above you all). PICKTHAL: Men are in charge of women, because Allah hath made the one of them to excel the other, and because they spend of their property (for the support of women). So good women are the obedient, guarding in secret that which Allah hath guarded. As for those from whom ye fear rebellion, admonish them and banish them to beds apart, and scourge them. Then if they obey you, seek not a wa
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It isn't men who perform the accidentally-on-purpose pregnancies; that is almost exclusively within the province of women.
Men would not be taking the birth control pill to give her security. They would take it for their own, so they don't find themselves saddled with a 7 pound, six ounce annuity for twenty years. This issue has nothing whatever to do with how women feel about it. It's all about the men for a change.
BTW, any man who believes a woman when she says that she's on the pill and relies upon her honesty also deserves whatever happens to them.
And curiepoint - men have a responsibility too. If they are going to indulge in meaningless sex, then in the words of Jeremy Vile they need to "put something on the end of it" or face up to the possible consequences of not doing so. A little more personal responsibility on both sides would not go amiss.