I promised myself I wouldn’t think about all the ways body hair could possibly be considered god’s birth control, but by the time I finish this message I will have thought about them all several times over in graphic detail.
That might work if birth control were “a” drug. But it’s not. There are many different kinds of birth control pills with different methods of use, different risks and different side effects. It helps to have a doctor’s expertise when choosing among the various types.
Actually, I have heard from many, many women that they were never told about possible risks and side effects of the pill by their doctors. So … there is, as things are, no real use in it being a prescription drug.
(I was recommended to use the birth control pill as a means of hair removal. By a gynecologist. So … my trust in doctors is about zero.)
Selling the pill in packets with the risks and side effects printed on it in big, fat letters might be less dangerous. At least that way, women would actually know about the risks!
It’s been noted by several travellers and immigrants to the USA, of how freakin’ WEIRD it is that TV commercials advertise prescription drugs to people and then instruct them to ask their doctors about using them.
In most other parts of the world, the doctor tells the patient what should be prescribed, not the reverse.
Also very weird that a drug commercial can be 10 seconds explaining what it does, and 50 seconds detailing the horrible horrible side effects (sometimes include the problem the drug is supposed to cure, not to mention death) and people will still buy it.
God’s birth control? My stomach hurts from laughing, my wife wants to quote this comic in her next abortion debate online, and it’s midnight. I should stop reading the archives and go to sleep before I wake up the whole house….
You know, the first thing that popped into my head upon seeing that Body hair= birth control sign was the scene in the movie Paul when Nick Frost’s character talks about the time he had sex with a woman in an Ewok costume.
I promised myself I wouldn’t think about all the ways body hair could possibly be considered god’s birth control, but by the time I finish this message I will have thought about them all several times over in graphic detail.
You’re welcome.
Catholics are not the ones always mis-quoting the Torah. That’s the Fundies. 😉
Sometimes they do overlap (*cough*Santorum*cough*).
“Body hair is god’s birth control” is a beautiful sign.
Shit just got real!
Hair is fine by me.
Make birth control an OTC drug. Problem solved.
That might work if birth control were “a” drug. But it’s not. There are many different kinds of birth control pills with different methods of use, different risks and different side effects. It helps to have a doctor’s expertise when choosing among the various types.
Then women can get a doctor’s recommendation on what type would be best for them before buying it. That way they know the use and possible risks.
And that would be the idea behind requiring a prescription.
Actually, I have heard from many, many women that they were never told about possible risks and side effects of the pill by their doctors. So … there is, as things are, no real use in it being a prescription drug.
(I was recommended to use the birth control pill as a means of hair removal. By a gynecologist. So … my trust in doctors is about zero.)
Selling the pill in packets with the risks and side effects printed on it in big, fat letters might be less dangerous. At least that way, women would actually know about the risks!
It’s been noted by several travellers and immigrants to the USA, of how freakin’ WEIRD it is that TV commercials advertise prescription drugs to people and then instruct them to ask their doctors about using them.
In most other parts of the world, the doctor tells the patient what should be prescribed, not the reverse.
Also very weird that a drug commercial can be 10 seconds explaining what it does, and 50 seconds detailing the horrible horrible side effects (sometimes include the problem the drug is supposed to cure, not to mention death) and people will still buy it.
“Body Hair is God’s birth control” will keep me laughing for a week. Thank you. 🙂
Awesome. 😀
Rebecca, you’re @#$%ing brilliant.
That’s what I keep telling people!
Discovered this a few days ago and been reading through the entire series to date. Brilliant!
Oh, and on this strip, I couldn’t resist misquoting the Pythons:
# Every hair is sacred
# Every hair is great
# If a hair gets wasted
# God gets quite irate!
😀
Thanks! So glad you’re enjoying it. Very apt with the modified MP quote.
God’s birth control? My stomach hurts from laughing, my wife wants to quote this comic in her next abortion debate online, and it’s midnight. I should stop reading the archives and go to sleep before I wake up the whole house….
You know, the first thing that popped into my head upon seeing that Body hair= birth control sign was the scene in the movie Paul when Nick Frost’s character talks about the time he had sex with a woman in an Ewok costume.