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84: Washington Post and the Misogynistic Politicization of Birth Control
"Women are getting off birth control amid misinformation explosion." - a very problematic article in the Washington Post last week.
Written by two people with no medical background, the article is highly politicized, filled with anecdotal evidence, and dismissive of women's lived experiences with birth control.
Once I saw it, I had to address it here on the podcast because it's disgusting. Birth control is obviously not the ultimate evil, but it's also not the ultimate panacea. It should not be prescribed for problems outside of birth control until the underlying factors have been explored…
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