Word: diaphragms
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...from having modernized contraception to make it clean, safe, and unobtrusive, women remain dependent on outmoded, unpleasant and sometimes harmful devices. The side effects of the pill and the IUD are well-known, but Greer presses on to find fault with that most revered and safe contraceptive, the diaphragm. It's so messy, she says--and cumbersome, and inconvient. Few disagreements from the general public there. But at this point, for this embattled author, only a graphic description will suffice...
...long that this sludge is dissipated, it is a sign that a fresh injection is required, so that night of love becomes a kind of spermicidal bath. Orogenital contact is definitely counter indicated, especially as the spermicides are about as toxic as if sperm were mice... Why the diaphragm and all that sails within it should be so gross is unimaginable: if toothpaste tasted as disgusting as spermicide, the teeth of the nation would have fallen out years...
Before their discussions of such methods as the condom with foam, the diaphragm, the Pill, and the IUD, the counselors were careful to stress that their group makes no assumptions about the sexual behavior of Harvard students "We're not assuming that everyone here is heterosexual, or that all of you are having sex or that sex includes intercourse," says Orza...
...points that the counselors stressed was that contraception is not a concern solely for women. In illustrating how men can be actively involved in the use of such methods as the diaphragm, they called on Fridkin for help...
Orza elaborates on the difference between information and advice. "I think some things are very straightforward, like how do you put in a diaphragm? Or, what are the side effects of the Pill? But with the grayer areas, like, should I be involved in this sexual relationship? I do feel uncomfortable: I don't give advice. I listen a lot, I try to make the person find their own answers...