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Hill, Sarah E.
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Birth control -- Psychological aspects.
Contraception -- Psychological aspects.
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Hill, Sarah E.
Birth control -- Psychological aspects.
Contraception -- Psychological aspects.
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This is
your
brain
on
birth
control
: the
surprising
science
of
sex
,
women
,
hormones
, and the
law
of
unintended
consequences
/ Sarah E. Hill.
by
Hill, Sarah E.
Avery, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC, 2019.
Call #:
613.94 H648t
Subjects
Birth
control
-- Psychological aspects.
Contraception -- Psychological aspects.
ISBN:
9780525536031 (hc.)
Description:
310 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-295) and index.
Summary:
"This groundbreaking book sheds light on how
birth
control
affects women--and the world around them--in ways we are only just beginning to understand. By allowing
women
to
control
their fertility, the
birth
control
pill has revolutionized
women
's lives.
Women
are going to college, graduating, and entering the workforce in greater numbers than they ever have in the past, and there's good reason to believe that the
birth
control
pill has a lot to do with this. But there's a lot more to the pill than meets the eye. Although
women
go on the pill for a small handful of effects (pregnancy prevention and clearer skin, yay!),
women
's
sex
hormones
aren't that simple.
Sex
hormones
impact the activities of billions of cells in the body at once, many of which are in the
brain
; they influence
sex
, attraction, stress, hunger, eating patterns, emotion regulation, friendships, aggression, mood, learning, and more. This means that when you change what
women
's
sex
hormones
do, you change
women
. And there's no bigger deal than that. For instance,
women
on the pill have a dampened cortisol spike in response to stress. While this sounds great (no stress!), it can have negative implications for learning, memory, and mood. Additionally, because the pill influences who
women
on it are attracted to, going off of it may inadvertently change their relationships, being on the pill may inadvertently change
women
's relationships once they go off it. Sometimes these changes are for the better, but other times, they're for the worse. By changing
women
, the pill also has the ability to have cascading effects on everything and everyone that a woman encounters. This means that the reach of the pill extends far beyond
women
's own bodies, having a major impact on society and the world. This paradigm-shattering book provides an even-handed, science-based understanding of who
women
are, both on and off the pill. It will change the way that
women
think about their
hormones
and how they view themselves. It also serves as a rallying cry for
women
to demand more information from
science
about how their bodies and brains work and to advocate for better research. This book will help
women
make more informed decisions about their health, whether they're on the pill or off of it."--Jacket.
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