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Penelope Hartnady's avatar

I’m kind of amazed I’ve never made this connection before, it seems so obvious.

I was put on the pill at the age of 14 to “fix my skin”, very common amongst my peers then (I wonder if it is still the same?). It never occurred to me/my parents to question whether it was a good idea to shut down a normal bodily function for the ‘appearance’ of clear skin/health. Never mind that I subsequently developed varicose veins, leg pains, chronic migraines and escalating anxiety. The connection to the pill was never made. It was only after my migraines became seriously debilitating 10 years later, and I suggested to my gynae at the time that maybe there was a link to the pill, that she agreed that some pills were contraindicated in migraine sufferers (but maybe I could try the mini progestin only pill!). That was the beginning of the end of my belief in and adherence to a medicalised world view.

It took another many years to learn to respect and revere my female body for its life giving properties, and I can only be grateful that my daughters will not have to travel the same path that I did.

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Francis Phillips's avatar

I had not thought of this obvious connection between the Pill and transgenderism. Thank you for pointing it out. Evil, if not rejected, always multiplies and becomes rampant.

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