This week is devoted to all the Feminists. The posters demonstrate how birth control has been used to the detriment of women from the start. Why do you think women are the ones on birth control?
When originally developing Birth Control, they gave both men and women a drug called envolid. It sucessfully stops production of sperm and release of eggs in both men and women. The studies were run simoltaniously, however the male study was abandoned half way through after it was discovered that one participant had experienced shrinkage of his testis. The Female study continued, even after the deaths of 3 (at least) women were directly linked to the drug. Not only did the study continue, but the drug was released on the market as it was.
What does this mean? Well, the dosage of the birth control pill has changed. You can read on the package, most are something called "low dose" which means there are lower doses of hormones involved than the original. But the effects are still the same! Just because women are not overdosing themselves with a single pill does not mean that the actual effects of this pill on the human body are not just as horrible. In fact, women have died in recent years from use of hormonal contraception. The oppression continues.
Men created Birth Control so that they could freely use women without any reprecussions. We preach freedom and equality amoung the sexes, but we can not truly be free and equal until we accept our femininity.
(it's really small- i apologize- we'll see if i can make it bigger...)
5 comments:
Just so you know, not all hormonal contraceptives have the same effects on the body. You greatly generalize when talking about this; yes, some are more dangerous than others. A smart woman would look into something before taking it.
From the sound of this post, men just tell women to take birth control and they say "ok!"
Also, a question. How does low dose = high dose? That doesn't seem logical by any stretch.
Fact: "simoltaniously" is not a real word. It's actually spelled "simultaneously." Similarly, "testis" is incorrect. It should be "testes." Finally, "reprecussions" should be spelled "repercussions." If you're trying to make an intellectual argument, people will be more likely to accept you as an intellectual if you use proper grammar. Please acquaint yourself with, for example, the spell check button in Microsoft Word. It helps.
Couldn't you find a source more recent than 1985? This shoots gaping holes in your argument, as you're attempting to talk about birth control "today." The present and 1985 are not, as many people would agree, the same thing. There's a gap of (for those of us without calculators close at hand) twenty-one years there.
At several points in this entry, you make statements that you then refuse to back up with concrete references. If you have sources, which I'm assuming you do (after all, are you in the habit of fabricating information in order to persuade others?), please provide a link or a citation that will enable others to view said source in its entirety. One scanned page of nearly unintelligible print does not count. After all, you want people to be swayed by your factual argument, right? Therefore, it is in your own best interest to let people read the source material for themselves. It's not like you're taking a random document and drawing your own conclusions, right? Right. If the article supports your argument, you'd want the extra help, believe me.
I consider myself to be a feminist. Being a feminist doesn't necessarily mean that one is a man-hater, nor does being a feminist come with the fervent belief that one is being oppressed by men. Some feminists do believe this, but not all. To make a general appeal to feminists in this way is rather erroneous, to say the least. What exactly does "accepting our feminity" entail? Refusing to take birth control and becoming pregnant at the earliest opportunity? Or are you okay with other methods of birth control, such as condoms?
You state that birth control makes men free to use women. Women aren't allowed to use men sexually, without worrying about becoming pregnant? It's all very well and good if a woman wants to have a child, but do you believe that every time a woman has sex, it's because she wants a child? Or are you against birth control because you believe solely in abstinence?
Here's an article for your perusal; "Where The Rubber Meets Roe: The Pro-Life Case For Contraception"
http://www.slate.com/id/2150557/
And another- "Jagged Little Pill: Will male birth control ever become a reality?"
http://www.slate.com/id/2107558/
To showcase the dosage changes of a medicine that's been around for such a long time as indicitave of it's being detrimental to a women's health is just ridiculous. The medical community has changed the dosage instructions on thousands of medicines other the years, and that doesn't mean that they're harmful.
What about all the good that comes from the use of birth control in non-contraceptive ways? The millions of women who would be seriously sick without should just give it up?
I most definitely consider myself a feminist, and not only do I "accept my femininity" but I own it. And no man will ever use me, whether I'm on birth control or not.
Why does being feminine have mean being barefoot and pregnant? Isnt that a little 1950s? Oral Contraception is giving more of the hormone that makes us have female features. Wouldnt it then make us more feminine?
I've been taking the pill for four years, on and off. It has never had the extreme effects you claim here on this site or on the fliers. Everytime you make a claim and stretch the logic, it makes people less likely and willing to follow your argument.
Regarding the "anonymous" who sent a link to an article about male artificial birth control: my opinion? It will never happen. It may come on the market and get sold to some men, sure...but never in any significant number compared to women. All the shit women have to put up with if they use artificial birth control...would men ever go for that? Yeah right. Get back to me in ten years and we'll talk then.
The authors of this blog hit the nail on the head with regards to this issue. There is nothing "natural", "feminine" (if you consider your femininity to be natural, that is), or otherwise healthy or normal about artificial birth control.
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