I think you need to look more into the creation and original purpose of the pill. According to the book "What the Dog Saw" by Malcolm Gladwell (pg 101-125), the original purpose of the pill was to regulate women's menstrual cycles so that they could use the rhythm method. The rhythm method is when sex is limited to "safe" times of the month (when a woman is not ovulating), and since irregular women's "safe" time varied from month to month they could not use this method of birth control (it was also the only method the Catholic Church approved of) and the pill regulated these women so that they could begin to use the rhythm method.
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I think you need to look more into the creation and original purpose of the pill. According to the book "What the Dog Saw" by Malcolm Gladwell (pg 101-125), the original purpose of the pill was to regulate women's menstrual cycles so that they could use the rhythm method. The rhythm method is when sex is limited to "safe" times of the month (when a woman is not ovulating), and since irregular women's "safe" time varied from month to month they could not use this method of birth control (it was also the only method the Catholic Church approved of) and the pill regulated these women so that they could begin to use the rhythm method.
May 25, 2010 - 10:54pmThis Comment
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