Want Freedom? Here’s a Pill You Can Take!
Independence. Empowerment. Control. The birth control pill, for the first time, allotted women to experience the above in the sphere of sexuality with ease.
1960 was a turning point for women during the Sexual Revolution.* The Pill was the first oral contraceptive approved by the FDA. Following its approval, the number of openly sexual relationships increased and sexual activity, for participants in the counterculture, heightened, as this was the first time birth control was readily accessible. Suggestive themes in advertisements, movies, and magazines portrayed sex as a consumer product; the Pill only added to normalizing casual sex, acting as a separation between intercourse and procreation. The …show more content…
The first oral contraception would have then been legalized, which would lead Dottie to pursue a more comfortable mode of preventing pregnancy. Yes, she would have to visit the doctor to get a prescription, however, the doctor’s office would have had a brighter, more comfortable tone. All Dottie would need is a prescription, which would remove the invasive quality of the doctor’s office, as no stranger would be examining her most intimate area. Not to mention, Dottie would be able to hide it with ease. It’s much less conspicuous to see a woman holding pills than an entire birth control kit. The hypothetical situation Harold suggests where, upon finding a douche hanging in a woman’s bathroom, a woman would be termed “loose” would rarely occur, at least, the contraceptive would not be so blatantly obvious. The Pill provided independence for women in openly sexual relationships as they didn’t need a man to keep the diaphragm at his residence to hide it from their families. They didn’t even depend on a man to use a condom. The Pill provided a woman private control over the fate of her sexual interactions. Even after the Pill was placed on the market, women participating in casual sex were seen as ruinous for their family name and stigmatized as uncouthly sexual; this mindset still exists in contemporary times, as certain cultures and traditionalists disapprove of premarital intercourse. Even so, the Pill facilitated, a privatized, healthier way of preventing pregnancy which preserved a woman’s dignity in the eyes of
Independence. Empowerment. Control. The birth control pill, for the first time, allotted women to experience the above in the sphere of sexuality with ease.
1960 was a turning point for women during the Sexual Revolution.* The Pill was the first oral contraceptive approved by the FDA. Following its approval, the number of openly sexual relationships increased and sexual activity, for participants in the counterculture, heightened, as this was the first time birth control was readily accessible. Suggestive themes in advertisements, movies, and magazines portrayed sex as a consumer product; the Pill only added to normalizing casual sex, acting as a separation between intercourse and procreation. The …show more content…
The first oral contraception would have then been legalized, which would lead Dottie to pursue a more comfortable mode of preventing pregnancy. Yes, she would have to visit the doctor to get a prescription, however, the doctor’s office would have had a brighter, more comfortable tone. All Dottie would need is a prescription, which would remove the invasive quality of the doctor’s office, as no stranger would be examining her most intimate area. Not to mention, Dottie would be able to hide it with ease. It’s much less conspicuous to see a woman holding pills than an entire birth control kit. The hypothetical situation Harold suggests where, upon finding a douche hanging in a woman’s bathroom, a woman would be termed “loose” would rarely occur, at least, the contraceptive would not be so blatantly obvious. The Pill provided independence for women in openly sexual relationships as they didn’t need a man to keep the diaphragm at his residence to hide it from their families. They didn’t even depend on a man to use a condom. The Pill provided a woman private control over the fate of her sexual interactions. Even after the Pill was placed on the market, women participating in casual sex were seen as ruinous for their family name and stigmatized as uncouthly sexual; this mindset still exists in contemporary times, as certain cultures and traditionalists disapprove of premarital intercourse. Even so, the Pill facilitated, a privatized, healthier way of preventing pregnancy which preserved a woman’s dignity in the eyes of