wtf is wrong with these people.

[applegoddess]

i'm sorry if i'm posting way too many posts about how much i hate this person or that, but this one..this one is just unbelievable.

http://digg.com/health/Feds_Approve_Birth_Control_Pill_That_Eliminates_Women_s_PeriodsOkay, so finally a digg story with a title that isn't misogynistic. but have any of you actually read through most of those

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[applegoddess]

:S

Well, I meant the specific subset of women who have periods, who praise it, who worship it, who can't live without it...

Cause I can't stand it, I hate the pain, I hate the hassle, I hate the whole goddamn thing about it and even if it means I have to pay extra for Lybrel, Plan B and pregnancy tests, then so be it.

Different from not having one and still loving it (and I envy you, and my menopausal mom, and... :[ ). Can we trade, pleeeeeeease? :\

[applegoddess]

it's really weird! here I am hating on everything you want and vice versa :[

I suppose it's really hard to realize what it feels like until you experience it for yourself...like I feel so bloated and weird right now (couple days until next period, bah), I'd kill to have it over and done with.

[jessalyn]

I try not to read the comments on Digg.

Every female is entitled to their own opinion, though.

Personally, it's not like this is anything new. Just a hassle. I'm looking at the implant right now. It stops your period for 3 years.

[applegoddess]

yes they are, but i'm wondering why these women say they enjoy it so much. do they REALLY enjoy spending money on pads/tampons/cups/painkillers and cramps and blood everywhere and leakage and...ugh.

[jessalyn]

Yeah, see. I mean, it's give-n-take.

Personally, I think the downside to the period is not having that monthly "okay, not preggo" notification.

Then again, I've lost many cute panties to leaks, or mishaps.. :( Which makes me sad.

It's Still Not Safe Enough for Men, So Why Is It Approved for Women?

[anonymous]

Y'know, I'm not so sure this new pill is a good idea. This article at http://www.thenewsroom.com/details/330006/?c_id=20191 explains the process so I have read up on stuff. (Note that you can embed this article - or any others - onto your site from TheNewsRoom if you want.)

The FDA won't even consider a male birth control pill until they figure out how to control fertility without side-effects. In the article, one doctor hints that stopping periods is not a natural state. Why is the FDA so willing to tamper with women's bodies regardless of what it might do to us? This is most likely one more disaster waiting to happen - just like the Patch was for so many women. Hormonal birth control still has a long way to go before it's truly safe for women. We're all just being their guinea pigs.

Re: It's Still Not Safe Enough for Men, So Why Is It Approved for Women?

[applegoddess]

No

[crinklebat]

I just have to say, in the defense of the ignorant assfucks, Lybrel is being covered in the media as if it were the first drug ever to let women skip periods. I can't figure out why that is. I guess Seasonale says bleed 4x a year and this ones says 0x? I mean, skipping is skipping...and while I ended up driving myself crazy over whether I was pregnant when I was skipping with Portia, I don't think anyone would argue with the convenience.

I clicked the link, read the first ten comments, and remembered why I never read Digg. It's drawing from the same festering idiot pool as YouTube comments. Nothing like realizing the blithering dumbasses on /. are far from the worst this world has to offer...

[applegoddess]

i know, media coverage of lybrel is shamefully wrong too.

and yeah, i thought /. was bad..nothing like digg though.