Life Changing Roles Of Women In The 1800's

Throughout history natural reproduction allowed for the populations to increase and prosper. The culture surrounding pregnancies is staggeringly different than in the past. Females in their teen years during the 1700’s found it normal to be married and become pregnant at a young age. Life expectancy were shorter and in some regions children were used for help. Families also had many children since deaths were common. Even in the 1800’s the women of the United States had an average of six children. However, since then pregnancies are viewed differently since the role of women have changed. Some women prefer to develop a life style better suited to their needs before a pregnancy. Pregnancies are life changing events that have become a decision …show more content…
Women can choose to use a hormonal method of birth control or a barrier method. The hormonal method includes the pill, a shot, an implant, a vaginal ring, an IUD, and a patch. The reason behind the effectiveness of hormonal methods is because the contraceptive either contains estrogen and progestin. Synthetic estrogen prevents the pituitary gland from hormones to prevent ovulation. Synthetic progestin prevents the pituitary gland from producing a hormone to prevent egg release, makes the uterus lining unable to hold a fertilized egg, and thickens the mucus in the cervic.()Each contraceptive has one or the other, few have both. The hormonal methods containing both progestin and estrogen are the better form of contraceptive since it has less possibility of pregnancy. The main purpose of birth control with hormones is to prevent ovulation. The thought process that goes with birth control is that if there is not an egg to be fertilized, then there is no possible way for a female to get pregnant. The hormones prevent the estrogen peak that causes …show more content…
Depending on the reliability of the person contraceptives that require people to be responsible the percentages go down. Perfect use of a contraceptive lowers the possibility of pregnancy. If a person does not take the pill every day regularly or does not put the condom on correct the percentage of pregnancy increases. It is said that “condoms are 98 percent effective” when used properly. If a male does not perfectly use the condom the “failure rates increase to 18 percent” () People that inconsistently use contraceptives have almost as high of a percentage as nonusers. Non users have a 54 percentage chance compared to the 41 percent chance of inconsistent users.