Is it laziness or more ignorance that is the problem? They "knew" the one and only reason, so why would the journalists look for other reasons? I do agree that if they felt it was worth reporting, they really should have confirmed that they had their facts right. Also, journalists have editors, right? So the editors are to blame, too, for not make sure the requisite research was done.
I started on the pill when I was 12, because I was bleeding so heavily that I'd actually become anemic. The idea that someone could appropriate my experience and use it as an example of OMG KIDS HAVING SEX DAMN LIBERAL SEX ED AGENDA!!1 makes me want to punch someone in the face. RAR.
See, this right here? That makes me sad, and rather annoyed. My expression closely matches my icon at the moment.
Perhaps it's because I know people who use hormonal contraceptives for medical reasons, but it really seems odd to me that journalists would jump to such blatant conclusions without asking a couple of questions. Are there fewer intrepid and curious types in journalism these days?
The Tory newspapers - ie, the Telegraph, the Times and the Daily Fail - are so regularly full of this kind of thing that it would almost be funny, if it weren't for the fact that the majority of people in the UK read them and believe everything they say. Sadly, that includes some of my own family.
The writer of that article is awesome though, and it's deeply reassuring to know that she's lecturing to young doctors.
I'm sure some of the guys that are LOL about women complaining about their periods may not be so lol about rapidly growing fibroid tumors growing to size of pumpkins in their GUT in the matter of a MONTH.
My periods have been so horribly painful at times, especially in my teens, that I needed to be on the Pill. In fact, that's always been my paramount reason for being on the Pill, so I was even more enraged that so many insurance plans refuse to cover it, especially when so many of them cover Viagra.
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Is it laziness or more ignorance that is the problem? They "knew" the one and only reason, so why would the journalists look for other reasons? I do agree that if they felt it was worth reporting, they really should have confirmed that they had their facts right. Also, journalists have editors, right? So the editors are to blame, too, for not make sure the requisite research was done.
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Perhaps it's because I know people who use hormonal contraceptives for medical reasons, but it really seems odd to me that journalists would jump to such blatant conclusions without asking a couple of questions. Are there fewer intrepid and curious types in journalism these days?
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The writer of that article is awesome though, and it's deeply reassuring to know that she's lecturing to young doctors.
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this is why i take them
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