I think it is kind of funny how some birth control commercials stress the importance of female empowerment, while at the same time focusing on how hard it is for women to remember to take a pill every day. How empowered can this woman actually be if she’s capable of conquering the world, but can’t do something as simple as popping a pill? Does she also forget to brush her teeth? Breathe?
But I guess there are a fair number of women who are forgetful, because companies are coming up with solutions like Femcon Fe, a chewable birth control tablet that “fits your daily routine even if there is nothing routine about your day.” And, of course, right below that sentence is a picture of a very busy woman—and you know she’s busy because she’s wearing a business suit and wind is blowing through her hair. But at least she remembers to take her pills now that they are chewable.
Taking a birth control pill once a day is not as arduous as some commercials make it seem. I’ve been doing it for 10 years, not because I’m a whore (not back then, at least), but because my estrogen levels were messed up and caused me to have insanely long periods. Having a week-long cycle is horrible enough; try doing it for two months. Granted, I felt like a super badass for being able to bleed that much and still be alive, but then I remembered I was wearing huge panties because those were the only kind that could hold my huge pads in place. And then I felt less like a badass and more like butt munch.
The only time I’ve ever “forgotten” to take my daily dose was for revenge purposes:
Ah…good times!
So if taking a pill everyday is really the physically and mentally laborious task those birth control manufacturers say it is, then I should turn in my MENSA application right now because I’m a freaking genius.
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I always remembered to take the pill, until it (of course) became a weird sexual gratification game, and then we just ended up having anklebiters and getting bigger income tax refunds. Then end.
@CandiedChristine – aye! *raises hand*
i heard there is male birth-control pill now…
I take my alesse every freaking morning when I get up, if I make it to the shower and have forgotten, I go back and take it. Always. I don’t see how it’s *THAT* difficult!
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Haha, fantastic. I just starting taking birth control a few weeks ago and I was doing pretty good for a week but now I seriously fail at life. I don’t think I’ve taken it on time (sometimes I forget entirely) in two weeks. It really sucks cause of the spotting which Im not sure is worth it. Ugh. How do you do it? I used to have an alarm on my phone but that phone broke and my new one doesn’t have one, hence why I have been forgetting. Halp!
I guess the reason I can see women forgetting is if they have jobs like I do where you’re not doing the same thing at the same time every day – you never know where you’ll be/what you’ll be doing at, say, 2pm and if you’re not in a place that you can take it right then (say you’re in a meeting with your boss… that could be awkward), you’re liable to forget.
I actually am one of those people who had a hard time remembering to take the pill every day. The only thing that I do without fail everyday is brush my teeth, but leaving the pills by the toothbrush didn’t help. When I was pregnant, I also couldn’t remember to take my pre-natal vitamins every day even though I viewed them as uber important. Oh and even harder than remembering to take the pill everyday was remembering to take it at the same time everyday! If they could come up with a pill that was still as effective no matter what time you took it or if you forgot a day, well, that would be money. In the end, call me dumb or whatever for not remembering to do something everyday but my hubby got a vasectomy so I’ll never have to remember again, and that is pretty smart.
Yeah, I definitely don’t understand the commercials that want to liberate women from the immense burden of taking a pill every day. Daily birth control can shorten, define and even lower the number of periods women have — now that’s what I call empowering. Besides, I’m not so sure that if you can’t remember to take care of mundane hygeine daily, you should be empowered.
Haha… I actually had this problem when I was on b/c. To solve it, I just put the pills in my purse so that where ever I was, they were too. So it wasn’t really an issue of forgetting so much as just not having them when I needed. Oh well, those days are far behind me! And oh yeah, nothing says female empowerment like a sharp memory..@happyjen85 – Yeah… it does sound like a bad idea. I don’t really know what progestin tastes like, and I’m rather fond of keeping it that way. Silly me, I know!
No kidding…and these same women seem to be able to deal with PUTTING THEIR CONTACTS IN, BRUSHING THEIR TEETH, FIXING THEIR HAIR, and PUTTING ON THEIR SHOES. Duh.
Not quite sure how that works. =
I’ve been on the depo shot for about 5 years. you only have to take it once every three months and it stopped my period completely. i’m happy with that. it seems like more women should get on it if they keep forgetting to take the pill.
You are the type of uncensored voice the world needs.
“…Well, guess what? You might be daddy!…” NooooooOooo!!!
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Birth control and periods…again, I say, my maleness is a blessing.