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| Written by Owen Jones |
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Birth control is a large subject, there is no doubt of that and women are more aware than ever that having children is not a necessary result of having sex. They are also aware that having children at the wrong time can ruin their careers and they are also aware that passions or alcohol get in the way of safe sex using condoms very frequently. This results in women taking care of the vast majority of birth control by taking 'the pill'. The contraceptive pill caused an uproar in the Sixties with the Establishment and the Churches predicting the demise of society and morality. And in a way, they were right. But what happened was to sweep away a lot of social barriers and privileges that previously merely the rich (and men) had had. The 'old order' lost a bit of ground. The problem with the manner that women took control of their sex lives was or is twofold: firstly, men leave 'that sort of thing' to the woman and secondly, taking the pill can lead to cervical cancer. The likelihood of acquiring cervical cancer from taking the pill are small (15,000 Americans a year, of which a third dies), but they do exist. However, there are no recorded cases of men contracting cancer from using a condom. Women usually contract cervical cancer from having sex. They pick up the Human Papilloma Virus (HPV). Most of the time, the woman's immune system will prevent that virus from causing cancer, but research has shown that women who take the pill for over five years in a row have a higher risk than women who have not. So a condom would help here. Unfortunately, there are no symptoms in the early stages of cervical cancer, but later on, there may be heavier losses of blood, pain after sexual intercourse and even unpleasant smells. Periods could also last a lot longer than 'normal'. The difficulty with studies is that, there often comes another study to prove something else and this is true here too. Some studies have shown that the use of the contraceptive pill lessens the occurrence of ovarian cancer. It is like old sayings, there is always a opposite, as in: 'Absence makes the heart grow fonder' and 'Familiarity breeds contempt'. If you listen to the 'experts', you would be in a lasting state of quandary. Therefore, the only really safe course to take is to go for frequent tests or screenings - at least once a year, unless your doctor or gynecologist tells you different and if he or she does, question it. The pharmaceutical firms have been promising a male contraceptive pill or implant for decades. In fact, the pill might even be there. But that is not the point normally. The difficulty is normally men. The majority of men cannot be depended upon to supply adequate contraception while they are concerned in casual relationships. So long as this state of affairs continues, women will continue to take risks so that they are not bogged down by a family of a dozen kids like their great-grandmothers were. About the Author: Owen Jones, the author of this piece, writes on a number of topics, but is now involved with the stages of ovarian cancer. If you would like to know more, please visit our web site at Signs and Symptoms of Ovarian Cancer Kindly provided by 4Girls.dk You are welcome to use this article on your own website, if you include this link. |
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