• Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works
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    11 hours ago

    What about when it finds something you’ve been giving women for years has been causing people to try and sometimes succeed in committing suicide?

    https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6193788/

    And on a lesser scale it was a common experience in women’s dorms for a woman who got a boyfriend would go on bc, which would make her into such a mess (Mood swings, anxiety, depression and don’t forget weight gain and acne!) that the relationship would fall apart.

    They always say, “it’s better than childbirth,” and it is, but does that have to be the bar? We don’t judge anything for men with “well, it’s better than childbirth.” We try to find ways to make it as painless as possible.

    Which is why this is so overdue and appreciated.

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      8 hours ago

      I cannot help but wonder…why not just use condoms. Like we solved the problem ages ago - put a wall between the shot and it’s target. Is it uncomfortable? Yeah, somewhat.

      Which still sounds hella better than anxiety, depression, mood swings etc.

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        7 hours ago

        Condoms break. The best prevention is layered birth control, two different forms like condom plus another method which will increase effectiveness to near 100%.

        Also you can’t be seriously saying that all men happily use a condom. Been on the receiving end of much weedling and stealth removal.

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          4 hours ago

          The best prevention is layered birth control, two different forms like condom plus another method which will increase effectiveness to near 100%.

          It’s important to note, for those who need to know it, that “layering birth control” should only be done with different types (ie a condom and a spermicide, or a condom and the BC pill, etc.) It does not mean using more than one condom at the same time! Two or more condoms create friction against each other, which can cause them to tear - defeating the purpose.

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          4 hours ago

          Men like these should be taken out back and shot, no different than rape imo. I just said that condoms work and are oretty much 100% effective if used correctly. But yeah, I cede to the fact that it’s not 100% controllable from women pov.

      • SharkEatingBreakfast@sopuli.xyz
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        7 hours ago

        Birth control can very much help hormonal imbalances that can cause painful skin conditions like cystic acne, PMS, painful periods, and manage more serious conditions like endometriosis and PCOS, in which rupturing polyps can cause scar tissue from from your uterus to migrate to your other organs and destroy them.

        I use it for all of them.

        Birth control is not just about sex & pregnancy prevention.