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If you ever sit down and really think about it, it is absolutely wild how profoundly the invention of the birth control pill has changed the course of human his
by munificent 3y ago
If you ever sit down and really think about it, it is absolutely wild how profoundly the invention of the birth control pill has changed the course of human history, our cultures, and human society.
It's gotta be up there with, like, writing and fire, in terms of shaping the destiny of our species.
- al_borland 3y agoI sometimes wonder what society would look like today without it. It would be vastly different.
- Xenoamorphous 3y agoWhy that and not other contraceptives?
- bluGill 3y agoBecause it is used. Others are easy to forget or use wrong. Many are enough worse from a pleasure standpoint that I rather obstain then use them. (of course I'm married so I have an easy outlet without worrying about stds)
- brailsafe 3y agoThe pill is also easy to misuse, I think it just has a higher tolerance for misuse in terms of continued effectiveness, but it does change if you're inconsistent
- munificent 3y ago1. Scale of adoption. 2. Consistent effectiveness. 3. Able to be unilaterally adopted by women without consent of men (aside from systemic legal prohibition). The pill, to a greater degree than any other contraceptive, enables the people who are most responsible for the consequences of pregnancy to have the most control over pregnancy.
- wil421 3y agoFarming machines changed it more so than birth control. Also farming practices like using fertilizer.
- munificent 3y agoThe Green Revolution is top five, definitely. But farming is an incredibly long series of incremental improvements since prehistoric times: agriculture, selective breeding, crop rotation, etc. The pill was like a technological and societal step function.
- nodoodles 3y agoCan’t imagine that much less unwanted children is anything but net positive though..