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Article: Altering the nature of women.
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- Arab News (Jeddah, Saudi Arabia)
- Article date:
- February 21, 2009
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Byline: Mariam A. Alireza
In the last fifty years, we have seen many products and hormones that challenge womanhood. The 1960s saw the spreading of the contraceptive pill in the West in order to give working women more control over family planning and full freedom of having sex without the threat of pregnancy. Sexually active teenagers also take it with parental permission to prevent accidental pregnancies. That is how the pill gained popularity in the last five decades. Let us see how it works.
The 21-day pill works by temporarily shutting the reproductive system (ovaries). No ovulation; no pregnancy. After the three-week course of hormones, the ...