Are desperately needed.

I have used the Pill successfully for the last 15 years, but I am thinking that it cannot be good for my system. Despite renewing my prescription 15 times, my doctor still won't tie my tubes - I mean, I've only been asking her to do so for 15 years, there is still time to change my mind! NOT!

I tried the Nuvaring once and hated it! My husband could feel it, I could feel it, and I was paranoid about forgetting to take it out. It's easier for me to remember to do something daily than to remember to do something once a month. Plus...it's hanging out in there for a MONTH... GROSS! I felt like everyone could smell me.

I have two friends who have never been pregnant who have used the IUD with disastrous results. One had a punctured uterus and one had heavy bleeding and severe cramps for months on end. I am thinking that you have to feel that shit in there, too. I mean, it's METAL... lodged in you sensitive bits!

World population is at 6 billion. Let's stop rewarding those who bring more human detritus into this worls, m'kay?

And another thing - most women at my company (decent sized at 600 people) use up all of the FMLA so they can leech off the company's insurance, then when it's up, they quit... so the company was forced to hold open their job & delay hiring their replacement (requiring non-breeding employees to pick up the slack) and pay for their insurance when they never intended to come back. Despicable.

I think not. While the expectant mother is technically *at* work whilst waiting to birth her crotch dropping, in reality, she is taking off time for doctor's appointments (much more so than a non-breeding worker), having co-workers quiz her about the gender and name, having baby showers, doing stuff to prepare on-line and generally not being productive, especially toward the end when she swells to epic and uncomfortable proportions. Plus, it's been proven that the brain of a pregnant female shrinks, making her less intelligent, and thus, less useful around the office. Once this breeder of human waste returns to the office (IF she even does so), she is also less productive, with her need to tend to leaking breasts, to rush home to relieve the nanny or to pick up the crotch dropping from the day care. Then as time passes, there are doctor appointments for the child, sporting events and plays, and of course the all-important "time with family" which of course trumps non-breeders need to spend time with their friends and extended family or to develop interests outside of work.

HARUMPH!

I am FEMALE!

And people who have children have bred, making them breeders. They breed. Breeders breed. What's offensive about that? Other species breed. Repeat after me: Breeders breed. Readers read. Leaders lead. Deeders deed and after they do the deed, they breed.

If we keep BREEDING with reckless abandon, we will lose the ability to make the choice to have "children".

I worked for this company once where we were allowed to have casual Fridays. You could wear jeans, but no sneakers, track suits, logo t-shirts, etc. Anyway, people abused this privilege and casual Fridays were taken away and it was back to formal business attire 5 days a week.

I liken our current population crisis to casual Fridays. We keep abusing the privelege and one day, it will be taken away from us because too many people are not making the choice to NOT BREED!

OK, it took only, what? 9 posts? I had to do it.

What if they put an ad to stop male genital mutilation on condom wrappers? Or bottles of Manischewitz?

While I feel for your plight, I'm now very curious about your name! Care to share?

"Chiquita" was the name on the tag of a cashier at Toys R Us once.

Freakonomics has a whole chapter on names and how they effect people's fates....

This is Broadsheet, a column about women's issues. The medical community often overlooks women's issues in research, so now that there is a study done about a women-specific problem, Broadsheet is complaining?

I think it's great, and so what if P&G sponsored the study? First of all, this is not a life and death type of product - it's totally optional! Second, why would they spend the R&D to develop it if there was no interest in it? Shouldn't they find out if this is a product that women would want and use before they get going with R&D and marketing?!

I was imagining something MUCH worse! But I totally understand where you are coming from. My hubby's given name is Larry, and he's always felt (reinforced by Freakonomics) that nicknames as given names are low class. He goes by Lawrence professionally, even though that's not really his name.

As a flat chested woman who LOVES it, I say "GO KEIRA"! I live in South Beach where nary a boob is un-reconstructed. It's refreshing to see a natural chest from time to time.

Thanks, KitchenGirl. Detachable Penis.....

Two things that have me shaking my head over this article:

First - we are up in arms over FGM but willingly perform cosmetic surgery on genitals? I don't see a lot of difference, in theory, at least.

Second - I have been trying to have my tubes tied for years and every doctor I have seen refuses me. It seems it would be easier for me to have vaginoplasty than to attend to my reproductive health.

Do we live in a f*cked up world, or what?!