article: Waking Up From The Pill

[MatureDJ]

The theme of the article is that the pill is the main cause of the problem with fertility of 30-something plus women - i.e., women wouldn't be infertile if they had decided to get pregnant in their 20's.

http://nymag.com/news/features/69789/index1.html

One commenter does not agree

The implication that infertility is the inevitable price that women pay for being in control of their bodies is (1) a crock of sh*t and (2) insulting as hell.

Some women are infertile, full stop. The pill has nothing to do with it. To imply that it's their own fault is just a horrible thesis. Screw you, seriously.

(Where was the editor for this piece? Ridiculous.)

P.S. As Gloria Steinem put it, sometimes it's most important to give birth to yourself. She's not wrong.

 

[Lexington]

The fact that women are more fertile in their 20s than they are in their mid to late 30s shouldn't come as a surprise to anyone. I don't think the author is claiming that "women taking control of their bodies" caused them to be infertile; it's simply a biological reality that a woman's chance of having a successful pregnancy decreases with age.

 

[Burroughs]

Remember:

Woman will burn the Earth and everything upon it to give fabricated 'logic' to their emotional imperatives.

It was a fact ancient man knew all to well.

In all history no great civilization granted women equality.

 

[Wilko]

Dare I say, another example of the fairer sex looking to shirk the consequences of their own actions and choices.

Maybe it's a perfectly acceptable trade, but for the love of God, deal with it!

An older article from the straight dope, I don't know how much the science has change since then:

http://www.straightdope.com/columns...f-the-pill-lead-to-infertility-after-you-stop

 

[Nutz]

Relevant:

http://dontmarry.wordpress.com/2009/01/22/feminisms-terrible-blunder/

 

[IAmDrX]

Remember:

Woman will burn the Earth and everything upon it to give fabricated 'logic' to their emotional imperatives.

It was a fact ancient man knew all to well.

In all history no great civilization granted women equality.

Mind if I borrow this?