moments like this I just feel like I pulled the short stick at birth
Do you know why there are no male oral contraceptives? You guessed it right! Side-effects. But do you know what these side effects are? Headache, acne, weight gain, fatigue.
Now, do you know about the side effects of female oral contraceptives? All of the above plus severe abdominal pain, chest pain, swelling and aching of legs and thighs, and even eye problems. And these are just short term problems. The long term effects include cardiovascular problems, higher chances of breast and ovarian cancer, hypertension and blood clot.
Take a guess on which one was discontinued? Obviously the male one because how could they suffer? Why would they suffer when it's the woman who'll have to suffer for 9 months if she gets pregnant. Why would they suffer when they have the option to just.. leave without any repercussions? Now that's a topic for some other day but did you notice how the suffering of women have been disregarded for so long? How no one cares about what a women goes through as long the the pain doesn't befalls on them?