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In English, the session is a video call with Sam.
To get rings, everything starts with a session or a workshop.
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Why start with Otoko?
- Trying on comes firstIt's how you find your size: 12 sizes in the trial kit, at home, and 13 in Pantin and at workshops.
- Pay what you canSessions and workshops have no minimum price: you can come without paying anything.
- Support from start to finishFrom the session to your semen analyses, the team stays reachable, and the community answers questions on Discord too.
- Start wherever you areOn a video call in English, on your own or as a couple. Next session: Monday, November 16.
- Come as a coupleCouples are welcome: each of you asks your own questions, and contraception becomes a decision you make together.
- Experience from more than 2,500 peoplePeople Otoko has supported in sessions and workshops since late 2021.1
- A community that develops the methodPeople who use the thermal method, and collectives that run their own workshops in France, Belgium, Germany, and Canada.1
- Open sourceRing designs, making methods, protocols, and workshop materials: everything is published under the CC BY 4.0 license.
- Take part in researchOtoko is preparing a study with the people who use the method, which is still little studied.2
- An activist projectMaking the thermal method accessible, to share the contraceptive burden.
Two questions, then you book
Session or workshop?
- Session1 hour
- On a video call in English, wherever you are, or 1 hour 15 in Pantin, in French. On your own or as a couple. You learn the method and find your size, with the trial kit at home or on site in Pantin.
- Pay what you can, €40 suggested. Your rings are extra.
- Workshop3 hours
- In a group, in French, in Pantin or with a collective elsewhere in France. One hour on the method, two hours making your two rings, which you keep.
- In Pantin: pay what you can, €50 suggested, rings included.
Either one is required to get your rings, and either one is enough. No need to come to Pantin.
Question 1When do you want to start?
Question 2Video call or Pantin?
Video session in English
1 hour on a video call with Sam, on your own or as a couple. Up to three bookings share the same hour, or you can ask for a private one.
Next open time: Monday, November 16
- Session, pay what you can
- €40suggested, from €0
- Trial kit, fixed price, your two rings included
- €70 + shipping
- Kit return from France, via pickup point
- €5
- Total, at the suggested price
- €115 + shipping
- Minimum
- €75 + shipping
Pay what you can: what some people give lets others come without paying anything.
The kit also ships outside France. Only the postage changes: you see the rate for your address at checkout.
Book my session in EnglishSession in Pantin, in French
1 hour 15 in Pantin, on your own, as a couple, or with friends. You try on the sizes on site and leave with your two rings. The session is in French.
No open times in Pantin right now.
- Session, pay what you can
- €40suggested, from €0
- Your two rings, €20 to €30 each
- €40 to €60
- Total, at the suggested price
- €80 to €100
- Minimum
- €40
Pay what you can: what some people give lets others come without paying anything.
Book a video call in English, from Monday, November 16
Ring-making workshop
3 hours in a group, in French: one hour on the method, two hours making your two rings, which you keep. In Pantin with Otoko, or with one of the collectives that run workshops across France.
Next workshop in Pantin with open spots: Thursday, March 4, 2027, 7 to 10 pm. The 4 before it are full.
- Workshop in Pantin, pay what you can, your two rings included
- €50
- Minimum
- €0
Pay what you can: what some people give lets others come without paying anything.
Each collective sets its own format and price.
See all workshopsSessions and workshops are peer-led: they are not medical appointments. Sam, who runs the session in English, is not a healthcare professional.1
Before you start the method, find a healthcare professional to follow you. The map lists the ones Otoko knows, mostly in France. The map
Semen analyses are done by a lab, outside Otoko, with a prescription. In France: €27.50 each, 60% covered by national health insurance. Elsewhere, the price and coverage depend on your country.3 When and how in French
Sources
- Otoko: public figures (2,500 people supported in sessions or workshops as of July 17, 2026; collectives in France, Belgium, Germany, and Canada), durations and prices from the association's catalog, dates read on the booking pages, and the order records for shipping outside France.
- Wang C et al. Guidelines of the European Academy of Andrology and the American Society of Andrology on male contraception. Andrology, 2024 (recommendation 11): the thermal method still lacks large trials. Moderate level of evidence.
- French nomenclature of medical laboratory procedures (NABM), procedure 0070 (semen analysis with spermocytogram), June 2026 version, and Assurance maladie (ameli.fr) for the coverage rate.