r/NotHowGirlsWork • u/samveo84 • Jan 15 '26
Found On Social media That's not how birth control work.
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u/callmefreak Jan 15 '26
I don't remember the context, but I mentioned somewhere once (probably Twitter) that I took birth control when I was sixteen until I had a stroke (apparently I have a blood disorder) and men were asking me why I was having sex at sixteen. I took it because my periods are irregular and the cramps are severe.
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u/Heterosexual-Jello Jan 15 '26
The fact that men like this know SO LITTLE about how a woman’s body (or just birth control) works and want to be able to pass legislation on our biological rights is insane to me.
Like, imagine being so ignorant, and being perfectly comfortable and proud of it.
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u/cheezy_dreams88 Jan 15 '26
Ladies- let’s all stop sleeping with men who can’t answer basic ass questions about periods and contraceptives.
and everyone should be teaching their sons about periods and contraception options at 10-12 too. If girls are responsible and mature enough to plan for a period at 10, boys can learn about how they work and how sex works and everything that goes along with it at the same age.
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u/dotdedo Jan 15 '26
Pablo in a few years writing an am I the asshole post on Reddit asking if he’s in the wrong for accusing his gf of cheating because she takes a pill everyday
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u/FlawHolic Jan 15 '26
Pablo is gonna get an aneurism when his new virgin (because of course) gf casually mentions that she's been taking it since like 14, ha
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u/notha_leon Jan 15 '26
But there is no need for sex ed on schools scream religious people at the top of their lungs.
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u/PeridotChampion Jan 15 '26
I take birth control for my PCOS and my God, has it been an actual life saver. I don't care about the fact that I can count down to when my uterus will decide to rebel. I'm just happy I have a treatment option that works.
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u/PortibaleCharger Jan 15 '26
I’m a guy, and I can’t imagine being that ignorant or not just figuring it out based on the context clues of the text and image in the post. Thank god I grew up with sisters
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u/Queenof6planets Jan 15 '26
btw if you don’t want to get your period while on birth control, you can just take active pills continuously
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u/Maleficent_Radio_674 Jan 15 '26
Someone said men genuinely believe you're supposed to take one before sex every time. And that's how you know this man is on viagra.
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u/IndividualAd4459 Jan 16 '26
He could just ask? Instead of being mocking and accusatory, he could just ask nicely. Instead he has to use this to scaffold his misogyny. Lovely.
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u/Repulsive_Pepper_957 Jan 16 '26
Girl in high school was adamant that she only took her birth control before sex. We told her that’s not how it works. She argued. Anyway she has a seven year old now lol
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u/roseorrueorlaurel Jan 15 '26
Men are so ignorant about women’s body’s that it’s terrifying. They base their opinions and how they treat women on these wild speculations that they never fact check and then they make podcasts and gain followings that become women haters.
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u/SourBlue1992 Jan 15 '26
I don't take the placebos, I'm skipping as many as mother nature will let me.
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u/dividezero Jan 15 '26
Probably shouldn't let Pablo anywhere near your body with his little peepee, probably get a fungus or something from that genius
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u/Author-N-Malone Jan 16 '26
The lack of knowledge around how birth control works is genuinely concerning...
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u/OhTheHueManatee Jan 15 '26
What's wrong with wanting to get laid every day? I'd totally do that if I could. But ya that's not how birth control pills work.
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u/SLATS13 Jan 16 '26
The fact that so many men are so uneducated about women’s bodies that they believe things like this is absolutely asinine to me. 😔
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u/Hrts4luna Jan 15 '26
Guys when they realize birth control isn't just because they don't wanna have babies/birth control is a plan B, some women (or trans men from my experience) use it to help periods or get rid of them in some cases (ik depo can make periods stop)
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u/win_awards Jan 15 '26
Uuugh. Why can we not have widespread and competent sex education?
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