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What is your favorite form of birth control?
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Birth control does not mean contraceptives. In ordinary speech, they may refer to the same thing, but in technical language, birth control is not contraceptive. Contraception is actually a branch of birth control, because it refers to anything that prevents conception. Contragestion is a branch that prevents implantation, which may or may not include a fertilized egg. Abortion is the branch that ends the progression of the developing child in utero, and it is induced by chemical, surgical, or hormonal means. Abstinence is also a form of birth control. Some people would argue that it is not, because you cannot use it during sex. I'd say, that's a smartass argument that initially sounds plausible, but upon close inspection, it fails to understand the meaning of birth control. The whole purpose of birth control is to prevent births, as well as venereal diseases. Given this premise, abstinence is most certainly birth control. Some people would argue that birth control methods would have perfect and typical use rates. What they do not understand is that once a person becomes sexually active, that person is no longer abstinent; therefore, a typical use rate coincides with perfect use rate. Abstinence does NOT mean avoiding birth control methods while having sexual contact, because the sexual activity itself defeats the purpose of abstinence and the lack of birth control methods other than abstinence is irrelevant. Lastly, some detractors argue that calling abstinence a birth control is tantamount to calling baldness a hair color. I'd counter-argue that this is just a fallacious comparison. Like I said, abstinence is birth control, because it prevents births and the spread of STI infections. Baldness, on the other hand, is not the prevention of hair color. It is the manifestation of an individual's genetics, and having those genes causes baldness. That said, what is your favorite form of birth control?
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16 13whats my favorite murder tool? none.
How is a condom a murder tool? It just prevents the sperm from getting to the egg.
Whatever means I don't have to wear a rubber, it feels way better raw.