Thoughts?

notbasic4karen · 2020-07-22T01:28:10+00:00

Yep. I’m a huge believer that so many women are diagnosed with anxiety because of sexism. The protocol is to prescribe us SSRIs when in fact we are having a normal reaction to our environment.

smokethesemeats · 2020-07-22T01:28:02+00:00

I just quit birth control because I'm done giving sex to anyone unless they're about ready to marry me. I'm stuck on the handbook at this point.

I think that in a sense they're kind of making a decent point. Men have birth control now and should be using it instead imo.

chateauduchat · 2020-07-22T02:00:51+00:00

I refuse to be on hormonal birth control in my next relationship. Either my man can wear a condom 100% of the time, or he can pay my 10 grand bilateral salpingectomy if he wants to go without it. Fuck birth control side effects.

jesza09 · 2020-07-22T03:22:53+00:00

Hormonal birth control is terribly destructive to our bodies, the idea that we need to suppress and destroy our fertility to be always sexually available to men without consequence to them is gross and not very feminist at all.

Salty-Tomorrow · 2020-07-22T03:32:24+00:00

Petition to change the name of birth control to something else. Birth control is used medicinally for a ton of reasons. Yeah, there's a fuck ton of bad side effects for a lot of women. But for probably just as many women it's a life changing drug that allows them to live better. Personally without birth control my cycle is fucking terrible, I have longer, heavier, more painful periods that can prevent me from doing things. Regardless of my sex life I choose to stay on it. I know I have ovarian cysts and have long suspected PCOS but have never sought treatment or a dx outside of just managing it with bc because that works for me. I hate the idea that women take birth control soley to prevent pregnancy and being on it must mean you're sexually active.

EvenSkanksSayThanks · 2020-07-22T03:33:41+00:00

The Invention of the birth control pill literally liberated women to make choices about their own bodies. Once women were able to decide if and when to get pregnant, they were able to build careers and lives for themselves.

Salty-Tomorrow · 2020-07-22T01:34:58+00:00

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sadcello · 2020-07-22T05:57:13+00:00

What does a win for feminism looks like then? Pregnant women everywhere? Rampant abortion? Single mothers galore? Women who hide their emotions and acts as if there's anything wrong with them, like men? A huge suicide statistic for women?

Oh wait, men just hate women whatever we do. We are failures whatever we do. Damned if we take care of our bodies with birth control, damned if we get raped and pregnant, damned if we don't want kids, damned if we become single mothers, or even mothers, damned if we don't get abortion, damned if we get abortion. Fuck off already.

Unable_Caterpillar · 2020-07-22T01:35:36+00:00

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FDSxMuffinVSrat · 2020-07-22T04:32:28+00:00

Some women prefer birth control. Their choice.

indaazz1 · 2020-07-22T01:24:12+00:00

I take BC because I’m paranoid of crazy dudes poking holes in condoms. So I always use 2 forms of protection

daisy_0720 · 2020-07-22T11:30:10+00:00

Birth control isn't perfect, but so many women's lives would be ruined without it.

Also, if the male pill was a thing, guys would 100% lie about being on it, because they're stupid.

I'd rather stick to my (non-hormonal) IUD and let the guy be responsible for the condoms.

BeJeweled19 · 2020-07-22T01:33:55+00:00

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Salty-Tomorrow · 2020-07-22T06:30:15+00:00

I don’t think it’s a failure of feminism so much as something we still have to talk about and do better at. Women’s health care is woefully understudied! Instead of putting women on more pills to counteract side effects of other pills, we should be improving our options for reproductive planning.

zagreus8me · 2020-07-22T06:30:58+00:00

I came off ssri and birth control. Turns out my relationship was causing me to need the ssri. So I ended the relationship. Turns out emotional manipulation and gaslighting was what was happening to me all along.

throwaway_vibes · 2020-07-22T02:51:59+00:00

I’m not on either 🤷‍♀️

Whateverbabe2 · 2020-07-22T05:47:42+00:00

YES.

Birth control is terrible for your mental health and sometimes for your physical health. I remember one time I was at Planned Parenthood (the best place I've ever been to) and I kept asking the doctor what the side effects were AND SHE WOULDN'T TELL ME. She just kept saying "do you want it or not".

As if it were expected that a young, sexually active girl is obligated to go on BC, and her partner isn't required to wear a condom, use spermicide, etc.

I know girls that gained over a hundred pounds from permanent BC measures and crippling depression. Please read the book Reviving Ophelia by Dr. Mary Pipher for more details.

naamshiko · 2020-07-22T12:54:30+00:00

TBH I still see birth control as a blessing because although it should NOT be the sole responsibility of the women to bear, I still wouldn’t trust a man with this in a million years. Hell, I’m the one who gets pregnant at the end of the day. And it’s horrible to think like that but I still feel relieved to think since I have a IUD, if I get raped at least I can’t get pregnant 😔. Sucks to be a woman tbh.

YesNoMaybe87 · 2020-07-22T04:11:28+00:00

I take BC for me because I like sex without making babies 🤷‍♀️

nosynobody · 2020-07-22T03:49:27+00:00

I am planning on doing an article on something related. Without going into too much detail about how the burden of contraception falls squarely on a woman. So there isn't much of a 'freedom of choice' as much as a burden and the risks associated with female contraceptives being largely ignored

2020-07-22T01:29:35+00:00

Idk it depends on the rate of women on ssris vs men and how much male stigma of not getting help affects that. I tried bc for a few months and it was awful. Men cry about wearing condoms but I tell them I would never not use a condom w sometime I’m not monogamous with.

IlikePez · 2020-07-22T01:37:57+00:00

Lol lol lol lol lol lol

Chuckle snort laugh

applemartin · 2020-07-22T02:18:49+00:00

I don't care about what some rando on the Internet thinks and am not interested in changing their low value opinion.

a_throwawayy_ · 2020-07-22T08:24:56+00:00

I mean birth control has a lot of uses that aren't sex. And I have mixed opinions on SSRIs, mostly because they do more bad then good in the long term and most doctors know that but keep prescribing them for the sake of making money...

abstractsadgurl · 2020-07-22T10:20:17+00:00

I can't do birth control I become sucidal actually it totally ruins me hormonally. I'm on a low dose on ssris though because of my pmd. And my anxiety

Title	Thoughts?
Author	Suitcase33
Upvotes	84
Comments	64
Date	July 22, 2020 1:22 AM UTC (6 years ago)
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