Datingish has already asked the question: Baby-Faced or Macho? But now there is scientific research to answer that question for us. According to researchers, women whose hormones are chemically controlled by the birth control pill are less likely to seek out muscular, rugged men. "Whereas,…
According to a report in the "Trends in Ecology and Evolution" journal, your birth control pill may alter your sexual appetite - and who you're looking for to satisfy it, too.Although they do claim that the study is too premature to make any serious conclusions, "Trends" goes on to explain that, b…
I've just finished the chapter of "Good Wives" by Laurel Thatcher Ulrich titled "Travail." She documents the impact of childbirth on women in Colonial America. While specific to early America, I think the feminine experience can be applied to nearly every culture where birth control is not practiced…
There are gazillions of brands of birth control out there, but a new one has a certain feature that others don't: you can chew it.For those of us tired of gulping down a BC pill every day or night, Femcon Fe can be crunched down like a carrot stick.
I've been taking Mononessa (a birth control pill) for about 3 months to help regulate my hormones but I think they are making them worse. Ever since I started taking them I've been moody, irritable and really get angry. Sometimes I resort to violence which I don't usually do. And my doctors say I…
I have Polycystic Ovary Syndrome, also known as PCOS. Basically, it's where you have more male hormones than female hormones. As a young teenager, roughly around 11 years old, I had a few little hairs on my chin that my parents noticed. One hair being incredibly long. My mom would pluck it; it wou…
With all of this talk about it being weird for guys to buy tampons, some have responded with the idea that it's a double standard because men are the ones that should buy condoms.
I am one of those oh, so blessed girls who has been stuck in the A-cup department since the eighth grade. My mom told me in high school- "Just wait until your senior year, and you will blossom." (Graduation passes me by) "Just wait until college." (I'm now headed for my junior year in college)…
Those of us who have attended any small portion of sex ed class know that coitus interruptus, aka pulling out or withdrawal, just isn't a good method of birth control. I mean, come on, pre-ejaculate contains tons of sperm. And what if you don't pull out in time? We've been brought up to think…
image source I'm going a little out of my mind with pregnancy suspicion. I was off my birth control for the required 7 days for my period but also for an extra two days because I hadn't gone to the pharmacy. Now I'm sitting here feeling nauseous, tired and trying not to move my boobs because the…
