Y'all forgetting they were gathering period data and were arresting women who had 'abortion-like' procedures?
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sounds like you developed depression from medical malpractice and I'm really sorry your doctor was a raging misogynist.
I'm not denying that hormone blend could have made it worse, it just sounds like you'd have developed depression regardless because your chronic pain probably got worse because it went unaddressed and on top of that you also got blamed for it because of your uterus.
I believe being on birth control without informed consent is fucked up, which is maybe what the person above meant by "drugged". what I thought they meant is comparing it to being on psychoactive substances which sounded silly to me.
childism and women being treated like children is a huge issue in medicine, and I'm sorry you didn't get to assert your bodily autonomy.
That was a very thoughtful and validating response. Thank you.
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Do not respond to any of this; just wait around for 2026 and try voting fascism out again.
Edit: the fact that liberals spew this shit so much every single day- "do nothing , wait it out, hope!"- that you didnt spot this as sarcasm says a lot about the position you're in.
It's possible the election was stolen, and no amount of voter turnout could have prevented Trump from taking office.
What then? Would you still tell us to "not respond ... and try voting" ?
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Yeah. Summarizing this, BC has a lot of side effects, but pregnancy has even more.
Frankly, I'm hoping that RISUG makes it to the US. I would get two reversible injections in the crotch to basically prevent pregnancy with zero side effects.
Thanks for mentioning this. Never heard of that before. So we have a almost 100% effective, one-time use, most likely reversible, cheap contraceptive that is free of unwanted side effects. sadly it would lessen the profit of pharmaceutical companies, so we can't have it. too bad.
yay for capitalism!
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There certainly are some side effects to taking birth control pills and depending on the person they may react differently or not react at all.
In my case I got some heart issues which made sense because it was in my family history so I just switched to the mini pill which I have taken ever since. Fucking love it. I never bleed and I don't get pms symptoms. Just get to live a normal life without all the gross stuff.
But with all that said, I too believe that the anti birth control wave online was propaganda. It just came about a little too conveniently after the US made abortion illegal. It is just a tad bit too coincidental.
I followed it a bit when it began getting traction some years ago and I felt very confused and disturbed by the narrative being passed around about birth control. It felt like fear mongering and I just felt confused by the symptoms women were reporting online. I have literally never in my life heard of any woman talk about how birth control made her depressed and I have after all been in the game for awhile and known many women who have been in it too. That was the first thing that made me lift an eyebrow.
Then I watched a video where some expert was talking about how birth control pills make women less attracted to manly men and more attracted to feminine men. I forget the name of the expert but I do remember that she was associated with conservatives and had their interests in mind. I thought it was very funny that she was essentially blaming birth control for women being attracted to unacceptable men.
And honestly, I have a question I would like to ask that expert, because when I was a teen girl, before I got on birth control, I was VERY attracted to scrawny men with long hair and eyeliner. Manly men did nothing for me.
I got on birthcontrol at 19 and wanna know what happened to my taste in men over the years? It evolved to being more focused on men with more masculine traits. Instead of scrawny I began finding men who were filled out, more attractive. I began thinking that beards were hot when I had always found them kinda gross. I thought that men who looked a bit gruff went from being gross and boring to being cute and attractive.
I'm pushing 40 now and my spouse is the exact opposite of what I was attracted to as a teen. There is nothing feminine about him.
But I think I know what that expert meant. She's blaming women choosing partners who treats them as their equals on birth control. Because here is the thing about my man: he may not look feminine nor does he particularly act feminine, but he's also not a brute who thinks he's the head of the household and I am his servant. He doesn't act like he is better than me nor does he feel entitled to me at all. He cooks and cleans. He is very good with emotional talks and being attentive and empathetic. He is very encouraging and has basically no control issues besides claiming the kitchen as his domain. That's mostly I might be one of the worst cooks in the world.
Women want men who are emotionally intelligent, who are their equals and who are good partners. They don't want a slave master. And I think that is why American conservatives are trying to blame birth control. If you can convince women that they are taking a pill that mind controls them into wanting something unnatural and wrong, then they may be more compliant than of you flat out blame them for having higher standards for their men than their mothers and grandmothers had.
There are definitely side effects to taking birth control but there are also side effects to taking pain killers.
I have no doubt the anti birth control wave is orcastrated by the very people who are trying to take away women's autonomy in the US and beyond. I see the anti abortion movement starting to take root in Europe too and I fucking hate it.
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It's possible the election was stolen, and no amount of voter turnout could have prevented Trump from taking office.
What then? Would you still tell us to "not respond ... and try voting" ?
I was being wildly facetious because that's what every shitlib is telling us to do. Also, they arent buying the stolen election story for some stupid fucking reason.
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I was being wildly facetious because that's what every shitlib is telling us to do. Also, they arent buying the stolen election story for some stupid fucking reason.
Hrm, I'm sorry but your messages aren't very clear
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Do not respond to any of this; just wait around for 2026 and try voting fascism out again.
Edit: the fact that liberals spew this shit so much every single day- "do nothing , wait it out, hope!"- that you didnt spot this as sarcasm says a lot about the position you're in.
wrote on last edited by [email protected]You won't be around 2026 to vote them out woth the way things are going.
You are not allowed to enter usa unless you are pro trump.
You think you are allowed to exist in usa that every day takes steps to eradicate those trump seems undesireable? Trumps gonna make you dig your own grave and shoot you in the back in the head before he lets you vote him out.
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I was being wildly facetious because that's what every shitlib is telling us to do. Also, they arent buying the stolen election story for some stupid fucking reason.
Cause "just be peaceful, non violent and civil, you can vote us out in 2 years, pinky swear" benefits literally only one party.
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How would you feel about adopting?
I got snipped and then got married to someone who already had a kid, so I ended up being a (step-)parent anyway. But I told my doctor that if I ever changed my mind, I would adopt.
Not for me. I can't stand other people's kids. I imagine I'd be able to tolerate my own a lot more.
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There certainly are some side effects to taking birth control pills and depending on the person they may react differently or not react at all.
In my case I got some heart issues which made sense because it was in my family history so I just switched to the mini pill which I have taken ever since. Fucking love it. I never bleed and I don't get pms symptoms. Just get to live a normal life without all the gross stuff.
But with all that said, I too believe that the anti birth control wave online was propaganda. It just came about a little too conveniently after the US made abortion illegal. It is just a tad bit too coincidental.
I followed it a bit when it began getting traction some years ago and I felt very confused and disturbed by the narrative being passed around about birth control. It felt like fear mongering and I just felt confused by the symptoms women were reporting online. I have literally never in my life heard of any woman talk about how birth control made her depressed and I have after all been in the game for awhile and known many women who have been in it too. That was the first thing that made me lift an eyebrow.
Then I watched a video where some expert was talking about how birth control pills make women less attracted to manly men and more attracted to feminine men. I forget the name of the expert but I do remember that she was associated with conservatives and had their interests in mind. I thought it was very funny that she was essentially blaming birth control for women being attracted to unacceptable men.
And honestly, I have a question I would like to ask that expert, because when I was a teen girl, before I got on birth control, I was VERY attracted to scrawny men with long hair and eyeliner. Manly men did nothing for me.
I got on birthcontrol at 19 and wanna know what happened to my taste in men over the years? It evolved to being more focused on men with more masculine traits. Instead of scrawny I began finding men who were filled out, more attractive. I began thinking that beards were hot when I had always found them kinda gross. I thought that men who looked a bit gruff went from being gross and boring to being cute and attractive.
I'm pushing 40 now and my spouse is the exact opposite of what I was attracted to as a teen. There is nothing feminine about him.
But I think I know what that expert meant. She's blaming women choosing partners who treats them as their equals on birth control. Because here is the thing about my man: he may not look feminine nor does he particularly act feminine, but he's also not a brute who thinks he's the head of the household and I am his servant. He doesn't act like he is better than me nor does he feel entitled to me at all. He cooks and cleans. He is very good with emotional talks and being attentive and empathetic. He is very encouraging and has basically no control issues besides claiming the kitchen as his domain. That's mostly I might be one of the worst cooks in the world.
Women want men who are emotionally intelligent, who are their equals and who are good partners. They don't want a slave master. And I think that is why American conservatives are trying to blame birth control. If you can convince women that they are taking a pill that mind controls them into wanting something unnatural and wrong, then they may be more compliant than of you flat out blame them for having higher standards for their men than their mothers and grandmothers had.
There are definitely side effects to taking birth control but there are also side effects to taking pain killers.
I have no doubt the anti birth control wave is orcastrated by the very people who are trying to take away women's autonomy in the US and beyond. I see the anti abortion movement starting to take root in Europe too and I fucking hate it.
wrote on last edited by [email protected]We haven't made it federally illegal (yet, I fear) but ended federal protection, which made it possible to ban at the state level. Many of our more conservative controlled third-world states have made it illegal or are throwing fits that they can't for state constitutional or judicial reasons.
