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Baby? No, Paris is calling. Thanks Beyaz!
No, really, that’s what the makers of Beyaz, a “new” birth control pill from Bayer, want you to think, it would seem.
Watch the commercial yourself and see if it doesn’t blow your mind.
Birth control is supposed to be a means of female empowerment—making women equal to men. So how do we advertise it? By showing women doing a stereotypical “woman’s thing”, shopping. (I wonder how they could have made this more offensive? Perhaps having a group of women sitting around gossiping?)
How to select a mate
I hope men, too, are offended by this commercial, which shows men as a group of boxed caricatures that women can mull over (“Which one looks like the best one night stand?”) and pick off a table.
But the part that really got me was the woman breezing past the stork, only to find he’s sneaking up behind her. She thinks about it, shakes her head, and chooses to take a trip to Paris instead. [Continue reading ...]
As we approach the 50th anniversary of the FDA’s approval of the birth control pill for contraceptive use, we’re seeing little in the way of celebration. On the contrary, the June 23 anniversary is inspiring a great deal of reflection on the negative impact of these chemical compounds, known collectively as “the pill.”
Think for a moment about the significance of that name: “the pill.” I can think of no other invention whose impact is so great as to dominate an entire category in this way. Despite all that the automobile has done to transform society, we do not call it “the machine.”
There can be no doubt that the pill has had a profound impact on society. But until now, there were few voices suggesting that impact might be negative, especially in the mainstream media. [Continue reading ...]
With the media coverage surrounding the birth control pill’s introduction 50 years ago this month, I’ve been re-listening to the CDs from the League’s Contraception Is Not the Answer conference.
One of the best talks given at the conference was a presentation entitled “Hormones ‘R’ Us”, in which Dr. Janet Smith discussed the negative impact of chemical contraceptives on women’s bodies, minds, and relationships.
Having just listened to Dr. Smith’s talk last week, I was interested to read a recent Salon column titled “Why I Hate the Pill” written by Glamour editor Geraldine Sealey.
Make no mistake, Sealey writes as someone who sees nothing wrong with non-marital sex and contraception — and yet her column confirms a great deal of what Smith, et al. have been saying for years about the problems posed by the pill (and other forms of hormonal birth control generally).