2. How important and relevant do you consider the first issue? Why or why not?
a. As a woman in my early twenties who has already decided that the traditional route of marriage and children is not for her, I don’t necessarily see the decreasing male/female compatibility as much of an important or relevant issue. However, I could see why other women would think that it would be. Decreased compatibility between men and women means decreased chances of finding the traditional and completely romanticized “ideal love”—the “one day, my prince will come” kind that my generation of girls grew up believing in because of the portrayal of love in Disney movies. Decreased compatibility also means increased uncertainty. Without a prince to come and sweep …show more content…
The continuing issue of contraception practices is a huge concern of mine, obviously. I want to spend the rest of my life studying, at least in part, the side effects of birth control in women and trying to minimize the negative ones. I have tried different forms of birth control: the pill and the ring. The pill wasn’t too bad the first time I was on it, but it did mess with my hormones and made me moody. I switched to the ring after being on the pill for a year because I wouldn’t always remember to take the pill. I was only using the ring for two months, but it messed up my hormones significantly more than the pill did and turned me into a cold don’t-touch-me bitch to my fiancé at the time and threw me into a severe, clinically-diagnosed depression.
My fiancé and I are no longer together (and I couldn’t be happier!), but the problem of birth control still remains. I can’t use hormonal birth control, and before we went over the list of birth controls and side effects in class, I was considering getting a non-hormonal IUD. However, I think I will just stick to condoms! No side effects for me, …show more content…
In order to be more effective, as I’ve been claiming since we started talking about this subject, parents need to start educating their children when they are young. I would say five years old is when a parent should begin to teach their children about their bodies and give them a name for “down there”, whether the child is male or female. As the child grows, give them more information, answering any questions the child has honestly, especially about masturbation. Around 10-12 years of age, explain the opposite sex’s anatomy and functions to the child, again, answering any questions honestly (no matter how awkward). Parents should also explain that every girl/woman is different. What works for a girl’s friend may not work for her, according to the Law of Individual
a. As a woman in my early twenties who has already decided that the traditional route of marriage and children is not for her, I don’t necessarily see the decreasing male/female compatibility as much of an important or relevant issue. However, I could see why other women would think that it would be. Decreased compatibility between men and women means decreased chances of finding the traditional and completely romanticized “ideal love”—the “one day, my prince will come” kind that my generation of girls grew up believing in because of the portrayal of love in Disney movies. Decreased compatibility also means increased uncertainty. Without a prince to come and sweep …show more content…
The continuing issue of contraception practices is a huge concern of mine, obviously. I want to spend the rest of my life studying, at least in part, the side effects of birth control in women and trying to minimize the negative ones. I have tried different forms of birth control: the pill and the ring. The pill wasn’t too bad the first time I was on it, but it did mess with my hormones and made me moody. I switched to the ring after being on the pill for a year because I wouldn’t always remember to take the pill. I was only using the ring for two months, but it messed up my hormones significantly more than the pill did and turned me into a cold don’t-touch-me bitch to my fiancé at the time and threw me into a severe, clinically-diagnosed depression.
My fiancé and I are no longer together (and I couldn’t be happier!), but the problem of birth control still remains. I can’t use hormonal birth control, and before we went over the list of birth controls and side effects in class, I was considering getting a non-hormonal IUD. However, I think I will just stick to condoms! No side effects for me, …show more content…
In order to be more effective, as I’ve been claiming since we started talking about this subject, parents need to start educating their children when they are young. I would say five years old is when a parent should begin to teach their children about their bodies and give them a name for “down there”, whether the child is male or female. As the child grows, give them more information, answering any questions the child has honestly, especially about masturbation. Around 10-12 years of age, explain the opposite sex’s anatomy and functions to the child, again, answering any questions honestly (no matter how awkward). Parents should also explain that every girl/woman is different. What works for a girl’s friend may not work for her, according to the Law of Individual