More Indications of a Forwards-backwards Society
Firstly, it was the great housing plans, known as the HDB. Today, prices for rental can take up to a third of your salary. So much for attracting foreigners to this work-rental trap-crap.
Paying for rent is as much as paying for housing loans. It was something we considered (buying a place and paying it off like paying rent) but that would mean *LH and I would have to marry just for a roof over our heads because the govt only sells HDBs to married PRs if you are non-citizens.
Society was all about sex education and prevention. But heck, I can't even buy my birth control pills without checking with a doctor. I'm having to justify my menstrual regulating problem to the GP, who gave me really suspicious questions that poke right into my sexual activities -- only upon his satisfaction, 'granted' me a meeting with a NUS medical policy approved O&G. I can't imagine what a (legal) teen would have to go through to get pills for *non-medical reasons!
Today, I lost my last packet of pills. Due to the lack of O&G practitioners, I have to wait patiently till next Monday for a consultation. I challenged the protocol bound receptionist: "what about side effects", and without any hesitation or clarification, she asked me to abstain from any sex!
Birth control pills, should be available at pharmacy shelves, like condoms.
That, btw, says another thing about gender equality.
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Respectfully disagree about making contraceptives an over-the-counter item. Like you asked the nurse ‘What about the side effects?’ Likewise, taking it does come with some substantial side effects (which you probably know) - nausea, potential high blood pressure, future difficulties in conceiving, weight gain, dependency, etc – all of which can pose major health issues for the person taking it, worse, if self-prescribed for *non-medical reasons. And the different brands out there, all come in different doses, ingredients, which is why you do need an O&G or endocrinologist to prescribe what is essentially, a hormonal replacement therapy.
The teens would simply have to resort to alternatives if they really want to practise responsible sex. That is, until we find something that females can easily use, like condoms.
Hi,
Not a problem at all. Divergent views are gladly allowed here.
I thought so too that was the case with contraceptive pills. I'm not sure if you know, but the newest pills have virtually no side effects and is cost effective. My brand of pills even help with clearning up skin!
I finally had my follow up with the obgyn, and her only precaution was to not take the same brand for more than 3 years, or the body might not react to the pills as well as it should.
Usage wise, nothing a good pharmacist can't share (and I've worked too at a pharmacy before -- believe me, people are not shy about asking anything at all!)
The pills are truly dummy proof today. Dates are smack on the package, and there is a booklet to tell you what to do should you miss it for one, two, or more days.
It's a surer thing to count on than rubber (or men!).
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