Chemically Regulated Femininity

My heart goes out to all the women who've popped The Pill for most of their menstrual years because as a friend of mine is now discovering, chemicaly regulated femininity wasn't all it was cracked up to be. Sure, she didn't have any unwanted pregnancies, but she traded that result for a chemically controlled sexual experience.

A recent study links birth control pill usage to reduced sexual libido. When a female has had her menstrual cycle chemically controlled since the onset of her first menstrual period, how does she truly know her natural libido?

FYI, this birth control timeline shows that condoms were put to use as early as 3,000 B.C.: "Ancient drawings clearly depict men wearing condoms - sometimes made of material that may have been animal hide. It's not clear what they were made of -- or whether they were used for sex or ceremonial dress."

I'll wager that sex was probably the paramount use. And a woman probably invented the first condom, mark my words.

But the timeline entry that really caught my attention is the one for 1965: "The U.S. Supreme Court strikes down the Comstock laws that banned contraception."

Has it really been barely 40 years that women have had legal control of their contraceptive choices?