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Smee76 t1_j2e7fzk wrote

Reply to comment by CeeToTheZee in Use of hormonal contraceptives is not associated with sleep patterns in women, study finds by lolfuys

This is a really privileged question. Go back to when the pill was released and you will see why women celebrated. We could finally take control of our own fertility instead of relying on someone else.

It's the same reason many men want a male birth control pill. They want to be able to ensure extra protection without relying on someone else to do the right thing.

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CeeToTheZee t1_j2erlwy wrote

I see, that makes sense. I just remember learning about all the luteinizing hormone / progesterone stuff in biology class. It seemed to me they’re an impressive bunch of important hormones balancing each other in cycles, so I was thinking, damn, birth control is pretty harsh if it just stops all this.

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Zestfullyclean87 t1_j2f1vez wrote

This is what people believed back when it was first marketed to the public. It’s part of why it was so taboo, and it’s also why they introduced a placebo week, or a “mock” period. It’s because people were not welcoming to the idea of a drug that could stop all of that

Also, in many cultures, there is a lot of pseudo science or lore around periods, or this belief that periods release “toxins.” So to them, stopping your period could be seen as a bad thing

The reality is that all the pill is, is hormones. Your reproductive organs only produce an egg, or endometrial lining, or release the lining, in response to hormones. Birth control pills (monophasic pills, anyway) is just a combination of hormones that mimic a stage in your cycle where you won’t release an egg, won’t produce lining for a fertilized egg to stick to, cervical mucous won’t be welcoming to sperm. That’s all it’s doing, responding to hormones as it normally would

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tornpentacle t1_j2ee3y3 wrote

I can't tell you how many times I've heard the phrase, "she told me she was on the pill!" ...but I can say that it has been more times than it should have ever been said. Hopefully we'll soon have preventive measures for both sexes.

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