Week 7

This was by far my most favorite article so far. I had never heard of the type of birth control used through injection. This article in itself proves how far women's rights have progressed in the past century. Not only do we have the opportunities to use birth control, but there are many options of which type of birth control to use. Women have the right to control their bodies and their reproduction, which is so, so important in the liberation of women. I thought it was ironic how the article discussed the benefits of Yaz. Yaz claims to stabilize pre-menstrual emotion highs and lows, however, last year I was on Yaz for six months and sunk into a horrible depression for three months. This has also occurred with one of my other friends who used Yaz, so be careful while using Yaz. I am now on Yasmin and am obviously much happier with the outcomes. While the variety of options of birth control are in some ways a blessing, they also have had major side effects on the shift in social norms of our society, how sex is now seen as a much more casual practice than in years past.