NEWS: Easy is Good

CULTURE: Easy is Good

No, I don't mean "easy" in that way. I'm talking ease-of-use here: according to Feministing, the folks who make the Nuva Ring birth control (btw, that link includes a free trial offer) are working on a yearlong version.



Right now, the Nuva Ring lasts a month, you have to remove it to have your period, and it costs about the same as a month's worth of pills--so aside from the not-having-to-take-a-pill-every-day, there's not a lot of benefit, and there's the added concern about what if it shifts position. A year-long version wouldn't solve the latter position (though obviously it's not all that hard to check the position), but it would save the hassle of prescription refills every month, which is nothing to sneeze at.



That, plus any new and reliable method of birth control is a damn good thing.



Bitch_PhD loved Norplant best of all, and it pisses her off that her insurance company won't cover it.

What a lovely diagram.
The year long one would cost 12x as much.

nuva ring kicks ass

and how would the girl have her period?? take it out for a week and pop it back in thats seems kinda nasty.

Not really, hand washing and acceptance of body fluids is amazing.

Ever heard of a diva cup? Fabulous.

and how would the girl have her period??

Girls don't get their periods--do you mean woman?

take it out for a week and pop it back in thats seems kinda nasty.

Vaginas are nasty? Are you on the wrong website?

Do you have any idea what a cootie shot costs these days?

I LOVE THE DIVA CUP.

Any dude who can't handle my uterus blood is not okay by me. Boil that shits, yo!

I'd rather my woman use Cherokee Hair tampons

why did watching that make me feel like i was suddenly in a really bad dream?

My ex was convinced that women don't really need to have a period, and the doctors that designed birth control to allow for one so women could tell it was working and so they wouldn't think there was something wrong with their bodies. I'm not sure how true that is, but it seems plausible to me.

Correct unto itself if you believe that a woman is defined by having a period. If you're going by some other criteria, like age or maturity, you may be in the minority in considering a 9 year old a woman.

Factually correct snark only, please. I don't care if you're unnecessarily rude, but I do expect a page on works cited.

'Tis absolutely true: this woman is both a friend of mine and an ob/gyn who's written a book on the subject.

Dude, if I were going to fuss over works cited, I'd be teaching Freshman Comp again instead of blogging. In any case, at the most basic level, the distinction between girls and women is sexual maturity, and menstruation is the primary marker of that.

It helps if they have the full set of secondary teeth, though.

I hear ya, Cairo. Despite flawless hygiene with the NuvaRing, I managed to get a yeast infection and/or BV every other month I used it. The infections stopped recurring once I discontinued use of the ring. Sigh.