Monday 2 February 2015

Women on the pill have more to worry about than fancying their partner | Holly Grigg-Spall | Comment is free | The Guardian

Women on the pill have more to worry about than fancying their partner | Holly Grigg-Spall | Comment is free | The Guardian



always been deeply sceptical about the female contraceptive pill, de-feminising etc - this article highlights a whole cluster of issues

A recent study is here to tell you that your birth control, as Elle magazine so eloquently put it, might be making your boyfriend ugly. More specifically, the science suggests that
a woman taking the pill when she meets her boyfriend might find him
less attractive when she stops taking it, especially if he wasn’t all
that hot to begin with.

This is the latest in a long line of statistical speculations as to
how oral contraceptives might skew male-female relations. Other studies
have concluded that pill-taking women like less masculine men or that men are attracted to women who are ovulating.
When we take the pill our sex hormones are suppressed and replaced
with synthetic versions, released in a steady stream.subject to panic
attacks, depression, fatigue and chronic health issues?
Our hormones affect 150 of our essential bodily functions, and their fluctuations over time are inextricably linked to the biological systems that control our energy levels, memory, brain waves, vitamin retention, metabolism, the acuity of our senses and more. When we discuss biological compatibility, what we are really talking about is the connection between our hormones and our immune system, the source of the drive to date certain men over others. We’re also talking about how hormones help us navigate the exterior world, in part through our senses, and align our experiences with our internal world.