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It could also have been "scare-quoted" with "birth-control" since, IMO, there is not much "control" going on here. It's at best "birth-guidance" or something eq

• ksdale 8y ago
  My wife and I talked about this, we've used trackers to increase our chances of conceiving and prior to that I had never really thought about how effective timing could be. That said, if you absolutely need to not get pregnant, it's not useful. I would also never suggest this to my minor daughter. The best use case is for someone who would prefer to have like 5 kids over 20 years rather than 10 kids. I also think people really underestimate differences in fertility at different ages. An 18 year old is way more likely to get pregnant than a 35 year old. I'd bet if a 35 year old woman was reasonably careful with natural planning, she could avoid getting pregnant until menopause, but I think there's no chance that an 18 year old with average fertility could make it to 25 without having at least one pregnancy.
• jessriedel 8y ago
  > It could also have been "scare-quoted" with "birth-control" Yea, and I would have agreed with that usage! Indeed, the author could have said explicitly something like "it's called "birth-control", but the inherent imprecision of the method means it's more aptly described as "birth-partial-hindrance".