A Brief History of Birth Control

you forgot to mention the most effective form of contraception: crocs.

Just a question: why do gym teachers give sex-ed in America? Isn't that more of a biology teacher thing?  Sincerily, a confused European

Some birth control can help with other things too. They can help with bad period cramps, irregular periods, and acne

Interesting fact of the day: in 1957, the Pill was initially marketed towards married women to regulate and control menstrual disorders, and required consent from their husbands, and was explicitly denied to any unmarried woman who found out that the pill could also be used as a contraceptive. It wasn't until 1960 that these hormonal supplements, because that's essentially what the pill is, was marketed as a contraceptive, and not until 1965 was it widely available in the US. Unmarried women weren't allowed access until 1972. (seriously though guys, look this stuff up, it's a super interesting part of history that you're not going to get in your average history class)

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"Which was actually very effective" Me: oh wow that's interesti... "Cause you can't get pregnant when you're dead." Me: oh

Wait a second, so the typical catholic ban on contraceptives boiled down to a need to repopulate after the Black Plague? That is an interesting tidbit that I never knew.

This is nice...I always find it annoying that when it comes to men, any sort of birth control that would affect them and their parts, its like "uhhh, hmmm. Not so sure", though he just rambled for 10 minutes about all kinds of intrusive, chemicalized BC methods that have been pushed upon women (the LEAST fertile of the sexes) for years.

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+SciShow are you the stereotypical gym teacher that's forced to teach health as well?

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Early humans apparently breastfed their babies around four years to reduce the chances of becoming pregnant, as your fertility is lower when you are breastfeeding a baby. 

I remember someone once said that it makes more sense to unload the gun than to put a bulletproof vest to the target. Or you might just miss the shot if you know what I mean.

You forgot the part where hormonal contraception was legislated against for like 30 years, like from the moment it was suggested. That really was a battle of the sexes, much like the right to vote (actually, the issue came up almost immediately after women got the vote because those who thought it should be legal and who thought it should be banned were effectively split by gender, women for and men against).

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Damn you ancient Greeks, over harvesting that magical plant CAN WE CLONE IT BACK INTO UN EXTINCTION???

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