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...declining birth rate and the fact that women are living increasingly longer-and also longer than men -has meant that a smaller part of women's lives is devoted to bearing and rearing children. The Pill has relieved women of anxiety about unwanted pregnancies...
Contraception is now more effective than ever, and it is likely to get even easier. As it has been since the early '60s, the synthetic hormone pill that prevents ovulation is still the favorite means of birth control. It is currently used by about 8,000,000 American women, and when taken properly, it is virtually 100% effective. Yet the Pill is not perfect. Changing hormonal balance is blamed for headaches and weight gain in some women. Of more concern are the British medical studies that have indicated a connection between the Pill and the formation of blood clots...
Even for the affluent U.S., Papanek lists scores of useful items that designers have never bothered to make. For example, there is still no inexpensive pill bottle that dispenses one pill at a time and is thus safe from children's tampering. There is no practical pocket-size Braille writer, no simple gas and electricity meter, no well-designed first-aid kit, no cheap hearing aid (though transistor radios using the same basic technology cost only $3.98). He himself had to invent a cloth book his infant daughter might enjoy, complete with bright colors and different textures...
...Nixon announced another dollar devaluation, the predominant reaction throughout Western civilization was one of relief. Richard Kattel, president of The Citizens & Southern Bank of Georgia, expressed the new American mood: "I think devaluation is a good thing. It will make us more competitive overseas. We have swallowed the hardest pill we had to swallow -our pride...
...their children to the care of their husbands. Besides, running away has become financially easier. Women have more education and can more readily find jobs. They are more affluent, so they can afford to flee by plane or in the family's second car. They also have the Pill-and the prospect of easier divorce. "Years ago," Investigator Gold-fader sums up, "a girl could run only to Mama, who would have told her to go home. Now, chances are that not even Mama's home...