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Invisible Women: crocodile dung & weasel testicles

Why is birth control still so...meh?

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Caroline Criado Perez
Mar 27, 2023
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In Ancient Egypt, they mixed crocodile dung with honey. In Japan they used oiled paper discs. Medieval Europeans had a penchant for animal guts. Most places had a local herbal concoction, made into teas and pessaries. And then of course there was the good old withdrawal method -- actually not so good as it turned out for my friend Heather.

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