![]() ![]() While this sounds great (no stress!), it can have negative implications for learning, memory, and mood. For instance, women on the pill have a dampened cortisol spike in response to stress. This means that when you change what women's sex hormones do, you change women. 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. ![]() 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. But there's a lot more to the pill than meets the eye. 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. ![]() By allowing women to control their fertility, the birth control pill has revolutionized women's lives. "An eye-opening book that reveals crucial information every woman taking hormonal birth control should know 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. ![]()
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