Wednesday, March 7, 2007
“She Chews, She Scores!”: The Next (Unneccesary) Thing in Birth Control Pills
filed under: Sex Hacks, Smart. Safe. Sex. by Lux Nightmare
So I’m a very busy woman, right? And I know there are some days when I’m running down the street, cup of coffee (well, in my case, chai) in hand, when my birth control alarm goes off on my cell: and the first thing that comes to mind is, “Damn, if only I could chew my pill instead of just swallow it!”
Well, maybe not, but that seems to be the scenario that the makers of Femcon Fe, the world’s first chewable OCP, have in mind. Because apparently, the solution to a busy schedule is having a pill you can chew rather than swallow.
Now, personally, I would think that having to chew your pill would actually take more time out of your day (especially since you have drink 8 oz. of water after chewing the pill, to assure that all the residue gets into your system). But hey: I’m not going to argue that too hard, because having more options for birth control is always a good thing.
But, uh, can we get back into the labs and start working on that male pill? Or shot? Or something? Please?
[NB: For the curious, Femcon Fe is spearmint-flavored. That’s right: spearmint.]
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The day before the male birth-control pill comes out, I will be camped out at the pharmacy overnight to make sure I’m the first in line. After I fill my prescription I will sing and dance in the streets like I’m the star of a Bollywood movie.
I’d take a pill or shot to help out the woman.
What focus group could possibly decide that a chewable birth control pill that you have to wash down with water would be a product they’d choose over traditional pills or vaginal inserts?
People who have a choking phobia combined with a distaste for putting their fingers up in themselves?
Wouldn’t a contraceptive non-dairy creamer or zero calorie sweetener be a better idea?
Joshua:
Maybe it was a group of people really into spearmint.
Ha! If I ever get off my ass and organize that feminism/sexuality/Web 2.0 conference I keep mulling over in my head, I think I’m going to call it Femcon. Would it be selling out to have a drug company as a sponsor?