[PennsylvaniaMom]

But gee whiz, certain brands of the Pill (OrthoTriCyclene) will clear up your complexion. Clear skin? Breast cancer later in life? Golly gee what a tough decision for a girl to make.

/Sarcasm. As a nurse, I was astounded that they marketed oral birth control with the ADDED benefit of being good for your complexion. What next? Chemo as the ultimate dipilatory? The drug companie$ pander to the female con$umer. SeraFem (agressively marketed at women experiencing everything from PMS to perimenopause) is Prozac in (literally) a pink package.

[Canticle_of_Deborah]

Oh yes! BUMP for you and everything you said! Absolutely true.

[LoneGreenEyeshade]

See post # 20.

[nickcarraway]

I'm glad someone else felt that way. The first time I saw the birth control/acne prevention commercial it seemed really wrong.

[Calvin Locke]

I had a woman office mate first job out of school. Back then, the pill caused cervical cancer. Still remember
her commenting on the updated story that it was because they were having more sex.