This is very interesting and no wonder so many people march for the right to have this control. I just wonder why women think it’s so wonderful to have children and so many people who are terrible parents have children when it clearly shows throughout the ages it is not a blessing that everybody makes it seem.
This is pretty cool. I laugh when I hear "people didn't do things like that, back then." When referring to promiscuity. Humans are humans, then, now, and in the future.
I went to a talk on medieval midwifery including birth control and my favourite method was, after sex jump up and down vigorously while shouting the name of a man you didn't just have sex with. Between the wrong name and the jumping up and down the sperm will get confused and fall out.
@@MissSeraphine it was at a medieval reenactment event about 5 years ago delivered by an amateur enthusiast (modern nurse day job and medieval reenactor hobby so you can see why her research led down that path) but she was not from my group so i don't recall her name.
In the 18th century they thought that if the woman was on top, the sperm wouldn't get up to the uterus, thus preventing pregnancy... so that's probably what the jumping was all about!
I was shown a film in high school of a woman giving birth. I was so traumatized I vowed to never have children. That was over 40 years ago and I have no kids.
Same here. I definitely believe the poor teenage boys in our Science class (14yr olds) were severely traumatized, judging by the looks on their pale, stunned, faces, when the light was turn back on. They were motionless and speechless. It was so extravagantly graphic, it even made me squirm, and I'm female. I felt so sorry for the boys!
I was that odd ball out that only pretended to be grossed out by watching the child birth video in sex Ed. Doesn’t bother me, quite fascinating to me. I was more horrified by the amount of hair the lady had down there and how matted it looked. the video we watched was from the 70s and being that I was born in the late 90s and the year being 2013 I was horrified because I grew up thinking you’re suppose to shave down there. Lol
Does anyone else get angry watching things like this thinking our female ancestors had to put up with so much sexism and while having all those risks of dying and all that pressure
if watching history gets you angry, i suggest you stick to reality tv. History was equally cruel and kind to everyone and every group. There were highs and lows for every nation, empire, gender, tribe etc. Didn't men die mostly in wars or plague? The fact that you and I are both alive clearly shows that our ancestors got off better than most.
Homosexuality was quite often not seen as proof she was a witch, and it appears very little in the Salem and Bergheim trials - corruption of male youths, however, was rampant, especially having sex in "unorthodox" positions: a surefire sign of Lillith, or rather since she was nixed from Biblical Canon, Satan's influence. There are cases however of it being used as an argument, but not systematically and only in the context of witch trials A lot of witches were women who had actually committed crimes - some of them minor, like slapping a man. Female homosexuality was not criminalised if it didn't involve sodomy - homosexuality was explicitly forbidden because you came not-inside-a-womb and thus were basically throwing away the prime child-bearing-opportunity god was going to give you. That's for men, though, female orgasm was understood as not being enough for a child (we now know of course that both gametes are needed) and there was no sodomy, so no one cared that much. Lack of mention would bear out it happened. It happened in secret, since you can't exactly have gay marriage or public scissoring in 14th century Germany, and it did still carry a legal penalty of dismemberment (no moral one however, since the charge was "not having a child" rather than not "not having a child and sodomy"), but it happened. If you look outside of Europe at Arabic sources, homosexuality is confirmed (and largely tolerated) amongst women in the harem
Actually part of why it was used was to prevent poor women from sexual assault, basically if some rich dude tried to take advantage of her he would be grossed out because everything would smell like shit. It’s sad that they had to go through such intense measures
I hope that male birth control pills will also soon be widely available. It's only fair that men should take as much responsibility, with side effects and all, in preventing unwanted pregnancies.
jigglypuff52 my dad always says something along the lines of that, he says “Education is the best cure for over-population” because educated areas usually have less unplanned pregnancies and people have less careless sex and unsafe sex
@@rainbowflowerpower4464 That however only is true if there are methods to protect. In this case education can help to inform people about the risks of unprotected sex and the possible solutions. I doubt education lowers your desire. And i am pretty sure people in middle age knew that sexual diseases and pregnancies were an issue. But they couldn't do anything against it.
@@OriginalGlorfindel You'd still need to be careful about the sugar content of honey changing your pH levels. I've heard of people using honey on existing yeast infections, but it's best to leave your pH levels alone if there's not already something going on with it
@Jeff Marye Yeast is naturally present on a man's balls. Bumping uglies can transfer it. So can health issues, ph imbalances or antibiotics killing good bacteria off. Yeast is a natural bacteria anyway, it loves warm, moist environments.
Just went to the doctors yesterday because of issues from birth control. I’m coming close to running out of methods (with PMS benefits) and he looked at me and said, “well getting pregnant and breastfeeding is a very easy way of controlling your period.” Haha no thanks Doc. Not yet 😂
History, life, and biology: *men die more in wars, construction, societal building, economic issues, and diseases yet work to improve living standards for everyone* Women: We are most affected! oh we are victimized!
@@DoReMi123acb Lol what are you on about? Do you REALLY think only men existed before the modern times? Women built societies too, they innovated things, they improved the living standards of everyone, whereas men, during wartime, just destroyed everything and anything societies had been able to build. Women were the ones who kept the society going, not men. And the only reason you won't see that reflected on the history books you read as a child was because men wrote those books. Women died in wars just as much, if not more than men, because they were raped, murdered, bombed and captured as hostages, slaves and prostitutes. Millions and millions of women have died in wars, even when they didn't touch any guns or kill any enemies. Also quite a lot of famous scientists, philosophers, writers, painters, poets and others took ideas from their wives or literally stole their work and wrote their own names under them. Men have prevented women from joining the workforce, they have not given them equal pay, they did not let them become economically independent, they didn't even let them take credit for their own work, and they made being a woman such an ordeal and an inconvenience that families killed or aborted their female children by the billions all around the world. You must be an absolute dumbass to not acknowledge that. Yes, women indeed have had it much worse.
This is why I fight to preserve women's health rights so we don't return to the dark ages concerning our reproductive health and birth control methods!
We already are returning there, sometimes I think we never left. It's so messed up that women today still have to fight for the right to decide when to have kids and what's best for their body.
@@justmedic9689 Not wanting abortions doesn't mean anyone is returning to "the dark ages" some of you are over-dramatic about these things. The act of abortion is extremely barbaric, I'm not trying to start a war in the comments btw. But I really do think there's so much misinformation being spread from both sides of the coin. I personally wish that it was legal for women to get sterilized if they don't want children, but too many doctors today won't do it unless the woman has already given birth and/or they fear she may change her mind about wanting children. But if they required women to sign a legal waiver that fully informed them about everything, I think lawsuits could be avoided and women who didn't want children would be much happier.
There are still risks with modern forms of birth control, but to think what women in the past had done to try and prevent pregnancy just shows the desperate desire to control when and if women get pregnant. This is why it needs to be openly talked about. Not talking about doesn't make the need go away
Can we just talk about how dumb it is that all these cultures accross all this time have all criticized women who don't want to get pregnant all the time? Pregnant women had a literal 1/3 chance of dying. Does your husband really love you if he's willing to risk your life just so he can get off?
Personally I think they should put birth control pills, condoms, and plan b pills in vending machines in every high school and college. A lot of people don't get contraceptives because they're too embarrassed to ask. I know some places have condom vending machines in the rest room, but I'm talking about making contraceptives easily available to young people. Yeah you can usually get condoms from the school nurse, but who wants to do that? Especially if you're in high school.
In my country you you can often purchase condoms in supermarkets. And as far as I know there aren't any age restrictions. You don't need to ask, just purchase it like anything else. But asking isn't much of a problem if you go into a pharmacy either (although it might be a bit embarrassing). Pharmacists are generally forced by law to keep silence about a patient's medication. I think it is possible for a female to get pills, but I am not sure if you need a prescription or not. However your doctor normally must remain silent as well.
@Jeff Marye do they cover balls? Not everybody uses soap and water like they should. Sometimes no guy is even involved. Yeast just happens. So do STIs and STDs. (But those require a partner)
A vasectomy for males is very safe, effective The male has no side effects, problems and it's totally effective In a marriage, monogamous relationship it works well!!!
@@mangot589 Any man who thinks that getting a Vasectomy will kill their manliness is a man who probably isn't too bright. They just need to do the research and talk to a Dr who specializes in performing a Vasectomy and ask questions.
Not to mention cheaper. My husband was against it but after awhile he thought through it and decided well I’ve been through enough we have one daughter and 2 dogs him and I are not into children like we thought...so hopefully he does get it done.
Because for a lot of women it works, there's exceptions (obviously as in your case) but for the majority of women if you are breastfeeding every few hours (including waking during the night) you won't start ovulating again.
I breast fed for 2 years & never had a period during that time. 1976-78. so it is true for some women. I then went on to be Woman's herbalist for child birth, fertility, contraception & sterility. Mother Nature has been hidden to us by the Patriarchy. have faith Woman Power will return
I love that she credits women for all these things, wether effective or not, it's really important to remember how much women did for this world and for medecine and science and not just assume that everything was discovered by men
Not in most civilized countries. They have laws against rape. In the United States the Supreme Court has even granted that a woman has the right to change her mind.
@@jackmason5278 civilized countries do not take up the largest land masses in the world. lots of third world countries give women no rights at all. in some countries, women still have to live in "menstrual shacks" while on their cycle because they are considered too unclean to be with the family.
@@jackmason5278 The US is a terrible example, since certain factions of our government actively push to deny people access to sex education, birth control and abortion, with shocking amounts of success in some cases
As a Catholic I severely disagree with the church’s anti-contraceptive view. No one should ever be forced to give birth to a child they do not want or can not take care of.
I’m not Catholic but no way would I allow a church to tell me I had to have a baby that I neither wanted or could afford to take care of. Sweet Sue I agree with you!
I agree with you, I am Catholic and pro-life and I think that education about contraceptive method and a large and free access to them is the greatest tool against unwanted pregnancy that often lead to abortion.
Catholic here too. The church has their reasons to be against contraception. But, we can’t do every thing they tell us. Some use natural contraception, allowed by the church. I think, is not a one size fits all. It depends on each couple’s situation.
No one cared much, the point of marriage was not in any way romantic, exclusive sexual relations - why would you care if your wife wasn't a virgin? They pretended they were for the sake of the Church and to make the charters a bit prettier, and sometimes they were indeed virgins, which guaranteed they had more chances to bear heirs before dying. Starting young (which we know is even deadlier) was thought of as a good idea, so Eleanor of Aquitaine got knocked up at something like 13 - miraculously survived despite multiple miscarriages until her first at something like 18
The same thing follows in Modern India - most marriage candidates are dark-skinned, non-virgin, hindu or buddhist women. They claim however to be "fair-skinned" or "cream-skinned", "convent-educated" "virgins" in the newspaper marriage column or online. A historian would be forgiven for taking this literally in a thousand years - we shouldn't make the same mistake in studying historical female sexuality. There's also the question of levels - absolutely no one cared and many peasants remarried more times than they had fingers to count
Hearing how women had to deal with all this crap with some other people that have nothing to say about their life saying: "OMG you should get children!" really get's my blood boiling every time. Are they going to take care of them? Yet alone how big the possibility of the mother dying was! I can't believe there are still people today saying bullsh*t like birth control or abortion is evil etc. Than you wonder who told them all that nonsense.
Abortion is evil. You clearly have never seen an unborn baby 👶🏼 killed. Babies have different DNA 🧬 than the mother making him/her their own separate person.
I agree, mainly because she actually handles the topics as a historian i.e. not taking sides and not trying to push an agenda. She just states the well researched facts.
The plant called Queen Anne's Lace is the original wild plant that modern carrots were bred from. They're wild carrots, and just like the domesticated version, you can eat the roots - they even taste like carrots, although they're much thinner and white instead of orange. The part that can be toxic is the seeds, and that is the part of the plant that's used as birth control - the seeds contain a chemical that prevents the implantation of a fertilized egg. Starting the day after having unprotected sex, you drink 3 cups of tea made using roughly teaspoon of crushed seeds per day till you menstruate. The danger is that, like with most plant meds, you can't be sure how much of the active ingredients are present. It takes a skilled person to know exactly how much to give in each dose.
His duty was to marry the wife of the dead brother & procreate. This was done to keep wealth in the family, but religion took it up as an 'order from God'.
@@EmmaAppleBerry Ok, I'm pretty open-minded, but when I know for a fact, then nobody will detour me from being passionate about I believe, but I know one thing I didn't make myself, and neither did you, so who made us? Who made the trees, birds, or flowers? there has to be a maker of everything or everyone. There is a God, and I love him because he had me here for 36 yrs, and he could have taken my life, but he lets us chose.
Oh my, I had to stop and read that Lysol advertisement 11:51. Shocking how doctors suggesting for women to use Lysol disinfectant as a form of feminine hygiene. I bet that’s when a lot of cervical cancers spiked. It’s pretty ridiculous when you think how for so many years women have been taking advice for men about their sexual wellbeing. It’s like how can you relate if you don’t even have the same organs. And it’s even more shocking that most of the info from the past about women’s health wasn’t even written by a women. Or if it was she was shut down or discredited. But wouldn’t she know cuz she’s a women lol. Yea crazy times for sure.
I have never understood the Catholic church's thinking that the will of their Almighty God, who made the heavens and earth and everything in it, can be foiled by a piece of man made latex.
The church saying that it is against God's will is only propaganda! The true reason is the church wants as many future Catholics, as possible, to be born. That means more money (tithes) collected every week, at mass, for the church coffers. People don't realize that the Vatican is wealthier than some countries!!!
Thanks so much for this. I'm a sex ed teacher and have taught about contraceptive methods, and done condom demonstrations but I never thought about teaching about the history of birth control. I'm going to do some research myself and if the facts here check out I'll use this video in my senior classes when school eventually reopens.
Ancient women until modern medicine: We need childbirth to be safer, we WISH we had hospitals, ya know sooo us and our babies don't DIE! Modern Women: women have been having babies by themselves since the beginning of time! So, its safe & natural! Result:Home birth death rates on the rise.🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️
a home birth for a low risk pregnancy after good anti-natal care with a skilled midwife and access to emergency help if necessary has a very low death rate for both mother and child. The big risk is so called natural child birth, with no mid-wife and little or no anti-natal care. This is where the rate of death goes up.
Adding to this thread: Where I live, a socialist third-world country (otherwise called "a developing country") home births are extremely rare. Not illegal, nor considered risky... But rare as all healthcare is free for all here (including inmigrants).
Women have gone through so much struggle in order to gain freedom and equality. The fight continues and no one can or will be able to crush their spirit. GO FEMINISM! ✊
So no one was bothered by the fact that they talked about China while showing a Japanese painting? You can clearly see some Hiragana at it. Please be thorough when doing research. Greetings from a historian.
@@litbopeep5726 art school teaches you about art and art history, me being confused and not caring other than being confused at showing chinese paintings when trying to talk about japanese culture is something personal. People get confused sometimes, we're not robots, I think it's forgivable for cultures that sound similar or are in some close proximity
Again. It's a woman's choice who and when she let's a man couple with her. A woman is the ultimate gatekeeper of sex - ESPECIALLY THESE DAYS. There's an old saying - I think it stems from ancient times. JUST SAY NO....
Excellent information about the realities women and girls faced ... And often still face... In access to control over their own bodies. And the oppressive ways men in power used to prevent women from having that control.
@@martinsulat697 i bet that for those who feel compelled to control the freedom of others, those times probably felt like it was "the good ol days" , and the push toward freedom and humanity for all feels to these men like a weakening and a loss. Sad, ain't it?
On it! I have a 3 part series on childbirth including info on pregnancy tests coming out in April/May. The ancient Egyptians had a pregnancy test that actually worked!
Loved your piece on history of menstruation. Perhaps you can include the many successful indigenous and many cultural successful (mostly female) practices when/where midwifery was common, & other successful practices around the world through history, before it was stopped or interrupted by male or other leadership.
I’ve heard that it’s possible for IUDs to cause internal scarring that can then cause issues with pregnancies after removal but I’ve never heard of them causing issues so severe that it requires a partial hysterectomy!! Im sorry to hear that you had to go through that, hopefully less risky contraceptive options will be made available to us sooner rather than later. No one should have to risk their health just for contraception. It’s scary how many unknown and horrible side effects modern contraceptives can have.
OMG! That is horrible. I've had an IUD for over 10 years without any issues. Most of my friends have IUDs & they love them. We are at that age where The Pill is a bit dangerous as we age. (i.e. blood clots, stroke, etc.). Nothing is 100%.
Back in the 1980’s, my high school biology teacher gave a description of IUD mishaps that were frightening. I had no idea that cervical cap went back so far. So when were diagrams developed?
Neat, but queen annes lace is fine. Makes a decent tea actually. Your thinking deadly lookalikes, like hemlock. Glad you have shed light on our long use of different birth control methods.
I understand it may be off topic but I think that its good to note that Margaret Sanger was also a proponent of the Eugenics movement and forced sterilization of the mentally disabled. For as much good she did for women, she also did harm. I think if anyone is interested and the progression of women's right it's important to be aware of the duality of the various icons of the movement.
"Forced sterilization of the mentally disabled". I work with developmentally disabled adults. The company I work for routinely puts the women on birth control. A few years back, there was an extremely unfortunate case where a male worker was caught sexually assaulting a female client. She was completely defenseless, because she was wheelchair-bound and could barely speak. At least no one had to worry about her getting pregnant! P.S. The monster is serving 20 years in prison. Since he was im his mid 60s, that's virtually a life sentence.
You should note that Eugenics in her day was considered cutting edge science and most people championed it, you'll find that figures like Helen Keller, Teddy Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, etc, all supported it too. It wasn't really abandoned until the Nazis went nuts with it.
@@QueenoftheRandoms Actually she wasn't. Sanger was actually pretty progressive on race for her time. She worked with leaders in the African American community and worked to have accessible healthcare in minority areas that were usually otherwise ignored. Dr Martin Luther King Jr and his wife showered her with praise for her work: Before reading Dr. King's speech, Mrs. Coretta Scott King declared, "I am proud tonight to say a word in behalf of your mentor, and the person who symbolizes the ideas of this organization, Margaret Sanger. Because of her dedication, her deep convictions, and for her suffering for what she believed in, I would like to say that I am proud to be a woman tonight." Dr King: "There is a striking kinship between our movement and Margaret Sanger's early efforts. She, like we, saw the horrifying conditions of ghetto life. Like we, she knew that all of society is poisoned by cancerous slums. Like we, she was a direct actionist - a nonviolent resister. She was willing to accept scorn and abuse until the truth she saw was revealed to the millions. At the turn of the century she went into the slums and set up a birth control clinic, and for this deed she went to jail because she was violating an unjust law. Yet the years have justified her actions. She launched a movement which is obeying a higher law to preserve human life under humane conditions. Margaret Sanger had to commit what was then called a crime in order to enrich humanity, and today we honor her courage and vision; for without them there would have been no beginning. Our sure beginning in the struggle for equality by nonviolent direct action may not have been so resolute without the tradition established by Margaret Sanger and people like her."
Fact check: actually, queen anne's lace is simply the wild carrot plant and is not deadly at all. You are maybe confusing it with hemlock, which is very deadly and looks similar.
It also angers me to an extreme amount how (most) doctors will automatically refuse to do anything to younger women who don’t want children not ever plan on having any. I may be 17 years old but I know damn well I never want children of my own even though I love children, 1. Children are damn expensive and I can’t afford them, 2. They’re painful (especially when giving birth), 3. I just don’t want to give birth, I’d rather adopt and give children who don’t have a family/parents a chance at having that
Another awesome video, Lindsay! Well done. I know how much research goes into these, and I applaud you for finding the time to put it all together for us, because it's not easy. Keep 'em coming!"
@2manynegativewaves I'm referring to the female generations before me (ancestresses). Margaret Sanger didn't do much for the male generations (ancestors) in my familial history. I love calling the females that came before me ancestresses.
Margaret Sanger was a eugenicist who started planned parenthood in order to prevent the blacks and unfit (such as disabled) from reproducing, she also spoke to the KKK and in promoting birth control she advanced a controversial “Negro Project”
Dumber than 2 coconuts I mean that may be true but she is dead now, and the organization still has a lot of benefits for women today. Most things today can be traced back to racist origins but that doesn’t mean they shouldn’t exist you know? The start of many police departments was to keep black people out of white neighborhoods but that doesn’t mean they have no purpose now. Thankfully they have new leadership now.
This is a very great video and historical channel. History is really facinating. I would love for you to explore more history all over the world more. I am a new subscriber.
4:53 It happened once again. I'm so tired of people using Japanese pictures when talking about China. We aren't all the same u guys! (╯▔皿▔)╯That's an ukiyo-e painting, not Chinese at all!
God I was going to write the same, so infuriating. I thought this channel was more professional, especially considering the fact that it is supposed to be a historical one !
I once read an article about people sending letters asking for help to an "ask sally" kind of article in a magazine iirc?? It was from the 19th century. Men asking for advice, saying they really wanted to have seks, but the wife does not want to get pregnant. It was really sad actually.
I just found your channel. I absolutely love it! I had been listening to crime cases from history and it was making me suspicious of everyone 🤣 now I can listen to history and not be afraid! Lol I am listening while I crochet mostly. And as a mom to 11 kiddos I find this video particularly fascinating
Thank God for those who had the courage to push for women’s choice in planned pregnancy. Boo to the religious zealots who condemned them, killed them, vilified them and basically treated choice as a sin.
Videos like this should be a reminder to how vital it is for women to have full control and rights over their own bodies. Women and those who have the female anatomy have the unalienable right to choose who they love, who they fuck and who they birth into the world. Period.
And still there is population explosion in some countries and people get unwantedly pregnant and leave thier babies in dumpsters 🙄🥺I think education,medicine nothing can change the world..m
I'm on birth control not to prevent pregnancy (I'm a woman who's single and practicing sexual abstinence out of my own preferences, but I guess it does help in preventing pregnancy, especially as I have no desire to have children at almost 21 years old), but to control my periods. I've been on both the combination pill and the progestin-only pill, and although they've helped in reducing blood flow even at its heaviest, I still deal with irregular bleeding as a side effect. The flow varies at times. I've had days at a time where the flow was heavy, but thankfully not as heavy as the times that caused me to go into birth control in the first place, other times the flow was so light that I thought I wouldn't bleed for a few days at the very least. I went into birth control because of my periods when I was seventeen. At the time, my periods were heavier than usual. I was going through more pads than I thought I should when the flow was at its heaviest, and my iron levels dipped lower than normal for a woman my age. I ended up taking iron supplements to get more iron in my system, and I ended up eating more red meat than usual for some time to make sure my iron levels were normalized. Although the pill helps and I've been on the progestin-only pill for 11 months, irregular bleeding is causing me to consider implants or IUDs. If I choose to go for either, then hopefully they work.
After watching this video, I find myself so grateful to be living in modern times, with all the birth control methods easily available to me. I don't ever want to go through what the women in the past have had to endure... ;w;
Interesting thing about the pomegranate as it was considered a sign of fertility in ancent Greece due to Kora, the wife of Hades, whose atribute was a pomegranate as she returns to the outside world in spring, bringing life to earth and leaves for the underworld in autumn
Ancient Doctors: “Have you tried poison? You can’t get pregnant if you’re dead.”
Ha!
Lol
You can’t get pregnant by not having sex. I know all about that. Been married to the missus for 24 years.
Right
This is very interesting and no wonder so many people march for the right to have this control. I just wonder why women think it’s so wonderful to have children and so many people who are terrible parents have children when it clearly shows throughout the ages it is not a blessing that everybody makes it seem.
This is pretty cool. I laugh when I hear "people didn't do things like that, back then." When referring to promiscuity. Humans are humans, then, now, and in the future.
I heard that for a king of France his wife selected the girls from Paris for him.
@@alexandrub8786 I rest my case. Lol
Not only did they, but they were freaks back then! Lol
@@oliviablackburn1113 Lol, you got that right!!
omg yes...!
I went to a talk on medieval midwifery including birth control and my favourite method was, after sex jump up and down vigorously while shouting the name of a man you didn't just have sex with. Between the wrong name and the jumping up and down the sperm will get confused and fall out.
OMG, do you have any sorts of info about the talk? I so wanna keep reading about it
@@MissSeraphine it was at a medieval reenactment event about 5 years ago delivered by an amateur enthusiast (modern nurse day job and medieval reenactor hobby so you can see why her research led down that path) but she was not from my group so i don't recall her name.
Thanks for this I needed a bit of levity. 😺
I love that! Lol next time someone asks me “do you know what causes that” I’m going to say well I jumped up and down afterwards but it didn’t work 🤣🤣
In the 18th century they thought that if the woman was on top, the sperm wouldn't get up to the uterus, thus preventing pregnancy... so that's probably what the jumping was all about!
I was shown a film in high school of a woman giving birth. I was so traumatized I vowed to never have children. That was over 40 years ago and I have no kids.
Same here. I definitely believe the poor teenage boys in our Science class (14yr olds) were severely traumatized, judging by the looks on their pale, stunned, faces, when the light was turn back on. They were motionless and speechless.
It was so extravagantly graphic, it even made me squirm, and I'm female. I felt so sorry for the boys!
@@kyliepechler ⊙﹏⊙
I never watched a birth video although I have two kids. It is very uncomfortable sight and I can't even look so totally understand.
Damn! Lol
I was that odd ball out that only pretended to be grossed out by watching the child birth video in sex Ed. Doesn’t bother me, quite fascinating to me. I was more horrified by the amount of hair the lady had down there and how matted it looked. the video we watched was from the 70s and being that I was born in the late 90s and the year being 2013 I was horrified because I grew up thinking you’re suppose to shave down there. Lol
Does anyone else get angry watching things like this thinking our female ancestors had to put up with so much sexism and while having all those risks of dying and all that pressure
if watching history gets you angry, i suggest you stick to reality tv. History was equally cruel and kind to everyone and every group. There were highs and lows for every nation, empire, gender, tribe etc. Didn't men die mostly in wars or plague? The fact that you and I are both alive clearly shows that our ancestors got off better than most.
Yeah I get extremely angry at shit like this. It's sad what we had to go through to get where we are today.
@@DoReMi123acb bro stfu why are you going through every comment trying to prove men had it worse, no one cares
@@Rei-vt8he and he is wrong since the Neolithic 🙄
@@DoReMi123acb can you shut up why do you wanna be oppressed so bad chile get a life
Gay woman: I won't die from childbirth, I just avoid men. Ha!
The town: A WITCH!
Gay woman: aw, beans.
Ha! Too true
Homosexuality was quite often not seen as proof she was a witch, and it appears very little in the Salem and Bergheim trials - corruption of male youths, however, was rampant, especially having sex in "unorthodox" positions: a surefire sign of Lillith, or rather since she was nixed from Biblical Canon, Satan's influence. There are cases however of it being used as an argument, but not systematically and only in the context of witch trials
A lot of witches were women who had actually committed crimes - some of them minor, like slapping a man. Female homosexuality was not criminalised if it didn't involve sodomy - homosexuality was explicitly forbidden because you came not-inside-a-womb and thus were basically throwing away the prime child-bearing-opportunity god was going to give you. That's for men, though, female orgasm was understood as not being enough for a child (we now know of course that both gametes are needed) and there was no sodomy, so no one cared that much. Lack of mention would bear out it happened. It happened in secret, since you can't exactly have gay marriage or public scissoring in 14th century Germany, and it did still carry a legal penalty of dismemberment (no moral one however, since the charge was "not having a child" rather than not "not having a child and sodomy"), but it happened. If you look outside of Europe at Arabic sources, homosexuality is confirmed (and largely tolerated) amongst women in the harem
@@ABAlphaBeta Now I want a full history of lesbians.
maichiki yiist i would sit through that whole thing lol
That made me lol at work
Crocodile poop? That might actually prevent the man from coming anywhere near you, in effect preventing pregnancy
Especially if you keep the crocodile around.
Yeah and the man is inside the crocodile
And the crocodile is in you
Just screw the crocodile
Actually part of why it was used was to prevent poor women from sexual assault, basically if some rich dude tried to take advantage of her he would be grossed out because everything would smell like shit. It’s sad that they had to go through such intense measures
"You can't get pregnant is you've never had sex"
-Queen Elizabeth I (probably)
Will tell that to Mary
Elizabeth I never married but had hella hoes
@@gabbidurham I stan
She not wrong
Guess she wasn't Catholic!
I hope that male birth control pills will also soon be widely available. It's only fair that men should take as much responsibility, with side effects and all, in preventing unwanted pregnancies.
maltesson how would that work?
Condom + BCP has always seemed fairly balanced to me
Can men be trusted to take the pill? I wouldn’t bet on it.
Phalyn Williams
Actually! I would bet on introverts men for taking the birth control pills.
@@phalynwilliams4119 i think the one who wrote this is a guy
The thumbnail where the woman is beating the stork with an umbrella 😭
That's why I clicked! Also your username is 👌
Lol 😂
😔✊😭😆
too funny
I laughed so hard 😂😂
one time my grandmother told me that if I wore socks while having sex I won't get pregnant. I think everyone can agree she was wrong.
Fish Stix how many kids did she have?
@@murieltainter5936 7 pregnancies 5 kids and a heck of a lot of grandkids
Are you sure she meant wear them on your feet?
Maybe if the socks were worn on the guys naughty bit.
I'm sure she meant to say have your man wear a sock...You know, there :3
Did she legit say pull out and pray?! Lol
That works NOT.
Welp sounds like a bunch of hormonal teenagers these days 🤦♀️
I mean pulling out is considered birth control and is 85% effective (last I read, could have change idk).
@@breonawarren1507 lmao last time I checked didn't work for my sister her last 3 pregnancies hahaha
Nadine Belle Pullout game weak
Education is the best contraceptive.
jigglypuff52 my dad always says something along the lines of that, he says “Education is the best cure for over-population” because educated areas usually have less unplanned pregnancies and people have less careless sex and unsafe sex
Well said.
for better and worse.
@@rainbowflowerpower4464 That however only is true if there are methods to protect. In this
case education can help to inform people about the risks of unprotected sex and the possible solutions.
I doubt education lowers your desire. And i am pretty sure people in middle age knew that sexual diseases and pregnancies were an issue. But they couldn't do anything against it.
@@Temo990 yes it won’t change people desire but education is a major factor in people deciding to do safer sexual practices.
The amount of yeast infections from honey and sugar must have been insane
Sugars, yes, honey no. Natural antibacterial properties. Good for wounds as well.
@@OriginalGlorfindel You'd still need to be careful about the sugar content of honey changing your pH levels. I've heard of people using honey on existing yeast infections, but it's best to leave your pH levels alone if there's not already something going on with it
@@NiaJustNia I know yogurt works to treat yeast infections... Applied externally lol
@Jeff Marye Yeast is naturally present on a man's balls. Bumping uglies can transfer it. So can health issues, ph imbalances or antibiotics killing good bacteria off.
Yeast is a natural bacteria anyway, it loves warm, moist environments.
@Jeff Marye vaginismus is a muscle contracture
"Coitus interruptus" Why do I find that so hilarious? It sounds like a freaking spell! I'm gonna call it that from now on.
uʍop ǝpısdn ha like Harry Potter 😂😂
😂😂hee hee me too! ✨Coitus Interruptus!✨
Made me giggle too lol.
McGonogall when she finds a couple students going at it be like:
Most spells used in like, Harry Potter, are just Latin words. Lol
Here, drink this CORPSE WATER.
🤢🤮
I never heard of this one in morocco
Dead bodies are sacred and treated with respect...
I guess it's better than lead and mercury...
@@harringt100 girl, I'd rather drink mercury and lead, than drinking some stank corpse water (ew 😷)
@@Fav-ie So...you're into brain damage and death?
Yeah that makes me gag...
Just went to the doctors yesterday because of issues from birth control. I’m coming close to running out of methods (with PMS benefits) and he looked at me and said, “well getting pregnant and breastfeeding is a very easy way of controlling your period.” Haha no thanks Doc. Not yet 😂
:( I hope you'll get good luck soon, dear
Mimjan Jansson Thank you!!❤️❤️❤️ Not to be too personal...but I am trying an IUD now... it’s VERY painful....
@@lizzdoe2821 no problems. Hopefully everything goes well ❤
Mimjan Jansson Thank you so much for your kindness ❤️❤️❤️
@@lizzdoe2821 ❤
women:*exists*
history, biology and men: i'm about to ruin this guy's career
**Normie**
So stupid
History, life, and biology: *men die more in wars, construction, societal building, economic issues, and diseases yet work to improve living standards for everyone*
Women: We are most affected! oh we are victimized!
Egie Asemota women also do those things too, but okay sure
@@DoReMi123acb Lol what are you on about? Do you REALLY think only men existed before the modern times? Women built societies too, they innovated things, they improved the living standards of everyone, whereas men, during wartime, just destroyed everything and anything societies had been able to build. Women were the ones who kept the society going, not men. And the only reason you won't see that reflected on the history books you read as a child was because men wrote those books. Women died in wars just as much, if not more than men, because they were raped, murdered, bombed and captured as hostages, slaves and prostitutes. Millions and millions of women have died in wars, even when they didn't touch any guns or kill any enemies. Also quite a lot of famous scientists, philosophers, writers, painters, poets and others took ideas from their wives or literally stole their work and wrote their own names under them. Men have prevented women from joining the workforce, they have not given them equal pay, they did not let them become economically independent, they didn't even let them take credit for their own work, and they made being a woman such an ordeal and an inconvenience that families killed or aborted their female children by the billions all around the world. You must be an absolute dumbass to not acknowledge that. Yes, women indeed have had it much worse.
This is why I fight to preserve women's health rights so we don't return to the dark ages concerning our reproductive health and birth control methods!
We already are returning there, sometimes I think we never left. It's so messed up that women today still have to fight for the right to decide when to have kids and what's best for their body.
@@justmedic9689 Not wanting abortions doesn't mean anyone is returning to "the dark ages" some of you are over-dramatic about these things. The act of abortion is extremely barbaric, I'm not trying to start a war in the comments btw. But I really do think there's so much misinformation being spread from both sides of the coin. I personally wish that it was legal for women to get sterilized if they don't want children, but too many doctors today won't do it unless the woman has already given birth and/or they fear she may change her mind about wanting children. But if they required women to sign a legal waiver that fully informed them about everything, I think lawsuits could be avoided and women who didn't want children would be much happier.
@@RedRoseSeptember22 yeah I'd rather go the sterilization route than literal infanticide.
@@RedRoseSeptember22 yikes
@@RedRoseSeptember22 the society and the culture are barbaric too. You’re trying to give flowers to criminals.
My body felt uncomfortable hear some of these.
Kelli Kocha me to
I believe parts of my body screamed “YIKES!” during parts of this. Makes me so happy to be post menopausal. 😃
There are still risks with modern forms of birth control, but to think what women in the past had done to try and prevent pregnancy just shows the desperate desire to control when and if women get pregnant. This is why it needs to be openly talked about. Not talking about doesn't make the need go away
Carolyne Wilhelm very small risks compared to many modern drugs including ibuprofen.
@@1978wisper Blood clots, cancer, loss of fertility...yeah I wouldn't call those "small" risks.
Can we just talk about how dumb it is that all these cultures accross all this time have all criticized women who don't want to get pregnant all the time? Pregnant women had a literal 1/3 chance of dying. Does your husband really love you if he's willing to risk your life just so he can get off?
It was about having a "heir". And many mariages were arranged...
Personally I think they should put birth control pills, condoms, and plan b pills in vending machines in every high school and college. A lot of people don't get contraceptives because they're too embarrassed to ask. I know some places have condom vending machines in the rest room, but I'm talking about making contraceptives easily available to young people. Yeah you can usually get condoms from the school nurse, but who wants to do that? Especially if you're in high school.
Thats one good idea, I bet Japan already did that. They have lots of vending machines
In my country you you can often purchase condoms in supermarkets. And as far as I know
there aren't any age restrictions. You don't need to ask, just purchase it like anything else.
But asking isn't much of a problem if you go into a pharmacy either (although it might be a bit embarrassing). Pharmacists are generally forced by law
to keep silence about a patient's medication.
I think it is possible for a female to get pills, but I am not sure if you need a prescription or not.
However your doctor normally must remain silent as well.
I used to go to health dept and scoop up the paper bags full to give away to underage people. No shame here.
@Jeff Marye do they cover balls?
Not everybody uses soap and water like they should.
Sometimes no guy is even involved. Yeast just happens. So do STIs and STDs. (But those require a partner)
@@OriginalGlorfindel h
Literally clicked on this because of the picture of the stork about to be cold clocked with an umbrella. A mood!
A vasectomy for males is very safe, effective
The male has no side effects, problems and it's totally effective
In a marriage, monogamous relationship it works well!!!
It IS the best, eh? But a lot of men are very hesitant, they think it’ll kill their manliness🙄.
But will they get one?
@@mangot589 Any man who thinks that getting a Vasectomy will kill their manliness is a man who probably isn't too bright. They just need to do the research and talk to a Dr who specializes in performing a Vasectomy and ask questions.
Not to mention cheaper. My husband was against it but after awhile he thought through it and decided well I’ve been through enough we have one daughter and 2 dogs him and I are not into children like we thought...so hopefully he does get it done.
Lisa Bluefeather It’s also reversible whereas for women the same kind of process isn’t
that breastfeeding thing was very widely believed in 80's, according to my mom it's excatly why i got sister quite close in age...
Because for a lot of women it works, there's exceptions (obviously as in your case) but for the majority of women if you are breastfeeding every few hours (including waking during the night) you won't start ovulating again.
@@ElizabethJones-pv3sj worked for me.
The reason that my brother and I are 10 months apart in age.
I breast fed for 2 years & never had a period during that time. 1976-78. so it is true for some women. I then went on to be Woman's herbalist for child birth, fertility, contraception & sterility. Mother Nature has been hidden to us by the Patriarchy. have faith Woman Power will return
@@yarazooom I honestly am very intrigued about your profession and the knowledge that it carries. Well done you!
I love that she credits women for all these things, wether effective or not, it's really important to remember how much women did for this world and for medecine and science and not just assume that everything was discovered by men
And the persecution and forced pregnancies on women continue to this day..
Not in most civilized countries. They have laws against rape. In the United States the Supreme Court has even granted that a woman has the right to change her mind.
@@jackmason5278 civilized countries do not take up the largest land masses in the world. lots of third world countries give women no rights at all. in some countries, women still have to live in "menstrual shacks" while on their cycle because they are considered too unclean to be with the family.
As it should be...
@@martinsulat697 excuse me
@@jackmason5278 The US is a terrible example, since certain factions of our government actively push to deny people access to sex education, birth control and abortion, with shocking amounts of success in some cases
As a Catholic I severely disagree with the church’s anti-contraceptive view. No one should ever be forced to give birth to a child they do not want or can not take care of.
As a fellow Catholic I fully agree with you
I’m not Catholic but no way would I allow a church to tell me I had to have a baby that I neither wanted or could afford to take care of. Sweet Sue I agree with you!
lukewarm
I agree with you, I am Catholic and pro-life and I think that education about contraceptive method and a large and free access to them is the greatest tool against unwanted pregnancy that often lead to abortion.
Catholic here too. The church has their reasons to be against contraception. But, we can’t do every thing they tell us. Some use natural contraception, allowed by the church. I think, is not a one size fits all. It depends on each couple’s situation.
Would you be willing to do:
History of pre marital sexual relations?
No one cared much, the point of marriage was not in any way romantic, exclusive sexual relations - why would you care if your wife wasn't a virgin? They pretended they were for the sake of the Church and to make the charters a bit prettier, and sometimes they were indeed virgins, which guaranteed they had more chances to bear heirs before dying. Starting young (which we know is even deadlier) was thought of as a good idea, so Eleanor of Aquitaine got knocked up at something like 13 - miraculously survived despite multiple miscarriages until her first at something like 18
What you know about history could fit inside just one of your crenated brain cells.
But then there's ALWAYS psudo-history for the internet educated..
@@martinsulat697 I'm a historian mate
The same thing follows in Modern India - most marriage candidates are dark-skinned, non-virgin, hindu or buddhist women. They claim however to be "fair-skinned" or "cream-skinned", "convent-educated" "virgins" in the newspaper marriage column or online. A historian would be forgiven for taking this literally in a thousand years - we shouldn't make the same mistake in studying historical female sexuality. There's also the question of levels - absolutely no one cared and many peasants remarried more times than they had fingers to count
Martin Sulat does someone need a snickers?
I found this video highly interesting you have given a great picture of birth control through the ages thank you
It’s also useful.
I am so glad I live in a time and society, where birth control is freely available.
I didn't realise how old Trojan is (the brand)!
I never could use those
Ain't it sad how if you look at all the past history, how little time women have actually been "free"
Just scroll down the comments section you see the pebowm
@@Liitebulb I'm scared
I’m pretty sure a lot of time things were created just to make women suffer. Or it feels that way.
Hearing how women had to deal with all this crap with some other people that have nothing to say about their life saying: "OMG you should get children!" really get's my blood boiling every time. Are they going to take care of them? Yet alone how big the possibility of the mother dying was! I can't believe there are still people today saying bullsh*t like birth control or abortion is evil etc. Than you wonder who told them all that nonsense.
birth control is not evil. Abortion under non-dire circumstances is evil because it is killing a child for no justifiable reason.
@@DoReMi123acb Abortion is never evil.
@@DoReMi123acb Killing a child? Oh dear, call police.
Abortion is evil. You clearly have never seen an unborn baby 👶🏼 killed. Babies have different DNA 🧬 than the mother making him/her their own separate person.
@@faitholsen769 no abortion isn't evil... A woman body worth more than anything so its her choice if she wants the baby or not
I absolutely love your videos, especially with women’s history!
I agree, mainly because she actually handles the topics as a historian i.e. not taking sides and not trying to push an agenda. She just states the well researched facts.
"pull out and pray" when I tell you, I CACKLED!
The plant called Queen Anne's Lace is the original wild plant that modern carrots were bred from. They're wild carrots, and just like the domesticated version, you can eat the roots - they even taste like carrots, although they're much thinner and white instead of orange. The part that can be toxic is the seeds, and that is the part of the plant that's used as birth control - the seeds contain a chemical that prevents the implantation of a fertilized egg. Starting the day after having unprotected sex, you drink 3 cups of tea made using roughly teaspoon of crushed seeds per day till you menstruate. The danger is that, like with most plant meds, you can't be sure how much of the active ingredients are present. It takes a skilled person to know exactly how much to give in each dose.
*No crocodile dung required.*
Onan was killed by God because he didn’t preform his family duty and was rebellious not directly because he spilled his seed
His duty was to marry the wife of the dead brother & procreate. This was done to keep wealth in the family, but religion took it up as an 'order from God'.
Its not real anyway so you may as well be talking about voldemort killing harrys parents but sure go ahead.
I believe in the Bible because I have a personal relationship with God but you don’t have to believe 😊 Although you should know God loves you.
@@EmmaAppleBerry Ok, I'm pretty open-minded, but when I know for a fact, then nobody will detour me from being passionate about I believe, but I know one thing I didn't make myself, and neither did you, so who made us? Who made the trees, birds, or flowers? there has to be a maker of everything or everyone. There is a God, and I love him because he had me here for 36 yrs, and he could have taken my life, but he lets us chose.
@@EmmaAppleBerry 7
Oh my, I had to stop and read that Lysol advertisement 11:51. Shocking how doctors suggesting for women to use Lysol disinfectant as a form of feminine hygiene. I bet that’s when a lot of cervical cancers spiked.
It’s pretty ridiculous when you think how for so many years women have been taking advice for men about their sexual wellbeing. It’s like how can you relate if you don’t even have the same organs. And it’s even more shocking that most of the info from the past about women’s health wasn’t even written by a women. Or if it was she was shut down or discredited. But wouldn’t she know cuz she’s a women lol. Yea crazy times for sure.
Copper Salt: Can't get pregnant if you're dead.
Let me test that out
I have never understood the Catholic church's thinking that the will of their Almighty God, who made the heavens and earth and everything in it, can be foiled by a piece of man made latex.
The church saying that it is against God's will is only propaganda! The true reason is the church wants as many future Catholics, as possible, to be born. That means more money (tithes) collected every week, at mass, for the church coffers. People don't realize that the Vatican is wealthier than some countries!!!
It’s because they wrote their religion. They made their rules. That’s the why.
Thanks so much for this. I'm a sex ed teacher and have taught about contraceptive methods, and done condom demonstrations but I never thought about teaching about the history of birth control. I'm going to do some research myself and if the facts here check out I'll use this video in my senior classes when school eventually reopens.
Ancient women until modern medicine: We need childbirth to be safer, we WISH we had hospitals, ya know sooo us and our babies don't DIE!
Modern Women: women have been having babies by themselves since the beginning of time! So, its safe & natural!
Result:Home birth death rates on the rise.🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️
Also wishes for doctors to focus less on what they want and more on mom
Where is the data that supports this statement?
a home birth for a low risk pregnancy after good anti-natal care with a skilled midwife and access to emergency help if necessary has a very low death rate for both mother and child. The big risk is so called natural child birth, with no mid-wife and little or no anti-natal care. This is where the rate of death goes up.
Marie Walsh Was about to say, home births are still very common where I live (in the Netherlands) so it made me raise my eyebrows.
Adding to this thread:
Where I live, a socialist third-world country (otherwise called "a developing country") home births are extremely rare. Not illegal, nor considered risky... But rare as all healthcare is free for all here (including inmigrants).
Between the beautiful artwork and the educational dialogue, one of the best presentations I have seen. I love Lindsay's voice.
Women have gone through so much struggle in order to gain freedom and equality. The fight continues and no one can or will be able to crush their spirit. GO FEMINISM! ✊
So no one was bothered by the fact that they talked about China while showing a Japanese painting? You can clearly see some Hiragana at it. Please be thorough when doing research. Greetings from a historian.
@@nebulabunny8633 art school teaches you art is not important?
@@litbopeep5726 art school teaches you about art and art history, me being confused and not caring other than being confused at showing chinese paintings when trying to talk about japanese culture is something personal. People get confused sometimes, we're not robots, I think it's forgivable for cultures that sound similar or are in some close proximity
And you weren't bothered by her referencing Margaret Sanger and not her racist history. I'm guessing you're a white historian?
@@crookshanks1454 "No need to be a dick"
@@loisclark-johnston3337 Even if she mentioned it, you would still find a another reason to be angry with her.
This video is quite interesting from what I have watched so far. Good job!
I seriously wish there were more natural and Gentile birth control options today... Something that is reliable but doesn’t screw with your body...
Try not spreading your legs...
That's natural...
@@martinsulat697 that's available for men, right? because they sure can't control their other head.
Again.
It's a woman's choice who and when she let's a man couple with her.
A woman is the ultimate gatekeeper of sex - ESPECIALLY THESE DAYS.
There's an old saying - I think it stems from ancient times.
JUST SAY NO....
@@martinsulat697 I guess you only think of one type of sex people can engage in. And rape dose not exist in your world.
Excellent information about the realities women and girls faced ... And often still face... In access to control over their own bodies. And the oppressive ways men in power used to prevent women from having that control.
I mean back then, they were taught to serve their husband...... So like you know
@@halfway7690 Yeah, today in many places women and girls are STILL taught to 'serve' their husbands ... (and are punished and shamed even if raped).
@@AnnieNYC1 Ahh.
The good ol days!!!
@@martinsulat697 i bet that for those who feel compelled to control the freedom of others, those times probably felt like it was "the good ol days" , and the push toward freedom and humanity for all feels to these men like a weakening and a loss. Sad, ain't it?
@@AnnieNYC1 Get a job...
This makes me feel grateful I live in this time now as a woman then back then😐
4:46 "Chinese"
that's a Japanese painting my dudes...
Wait since you are doing a video of birth control can you please do a video about pregnancy test about how long it dates back.
On it! I have a 3 part series on childbirth including info on pregnancy tests coming out in April/May. The ancient Egyptians had a pregnancy test that actually worked!
Lindsay Holiday , wow, thanks for your work
As much as I don't wanna get pregnant right now ain't no way any 💩 going near my 🌸
😲🤢
I had a pregnancy scare and man let me tell you, I WAS NEVER MORE AFRAID IN MY LIFE 😂😂 I was very young at the time so
Coitus interuptus sounds like a spell harry potter might use
Reminds me of the Adult Swim cartoon of Harry Potter "pubertus"! Haha!
Most of the spells were based on Latin, so many Latin phrases end up sounding like spells.
These are always so interesting. Definitely thankful for modern birth control and the freedom it gives women.
“DoNt TrY aNy Of ThEsE aT hOmE”
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My teenager mind be like: whut? 😐🤣
Meme Shorts 😂
Oh, sure, we all have plenty of crocodile dung at home, don't we?
elena uffa yassssss 🐊
Sadly there is still a fight over birth control and who’s right it is to determine who is allowed to have it or which ones should be available.
I think that all women should have the right to have an abortion, that’s just my opinion
@@zodiack2021 you mean right to kill baby
@@zodiack2021 I agree. Her body, her choice. Just get it done in the first trimester. (Jan Griffiths).
@@melianna999 It isn't a baby till it can live outside of the uterus. Until then, it's similar to a parasite. (Jan Griffiths).
I think of all the methods, techniques and technology used, the “pill” had such an impact on sexual liberation that changed out views on sex.
It is one of the only invisible contraceptives that allowed women to get pregnant even if their man wanted more kids
Who else's eyes rolled so hard it hurt when they heard the title "on the nature of women"?
Wow, I am so lucky to be living in the 21st century, I'll never take things for granted again...
If you live in the US, contraceptives will go the way of the dodo bird if REPUGS have ANYTHING a to say about it!!!!!!!!!!!!🚽🍊💩
This is your best video thus far--concise, clear, and wide-ranging.
i could listen to talk abt any topic! wonderful presentation style
Loved your piece on history of menstruation. Perhaps you can include the many successful indigenous and many cultural successful (mostly female) practices when/where midwifery was common, & other successful practices around the world through history, before it was stopped or interrupted by male or other leadership.
Did not realize Trojan had been around that long
I had mirena IUD and I had to end up getting a partial hysterectomy because that little thing messed up my cervix
I’ve heard that it’s possible for IUDs to cause internal scarring that can then cause issues with pregnancies after removal but I’ve never heard of them causing issues so severe that it requires a partial hysterectomy!! Im sorry to hear that you had to go through that, hopefully less risky contraceptive options will be made available to us sooner rather than later. No one should have to risk their health just for contraception. It’s scary how many unknown and horrible side effects modern contraceptives can have.
Oh no, I'm so sorry😔
Johnson and Johnson just had to compensate women for horrific issues with a mess device
OMG! That is horrible. I've had an IUD for over 10 years without any issues. Most of my friends have IUDs & they love them. We are at that age where The Pill is a bit dangerous as we age. (i.e. blood clots, stroke, etc.). Nothing is 100%.
Back in the 1980’s, my high school biology teacher gave a description of IUD mishaps that were frightening. I had no idea that cervical cap went back so far. So when were diagrams developed?
Neat, but queen annes lace is fine. Makes a decent tea actually. Your thinking deadly lookalikes, like hemlock. Glad you have shed light on our long use of different birth control methods.
Much respect to those who came before ✊🏼
I understand it may be off topic but I think that its good to note that Margaret Sanger was also a proponent of the Eugenics movement and forced sterilization of the mentally disabled. For as much good she did for women, she also did harm. I think if anyone is interested and the progression of women's right it's important to be aware of the duality of the various icons of the movement.
She was also extremely racist
wow....this is an unusual amount of introspection and realistic self-awareness of history that I hardly hear from a feminist.
"Forced sterilization of the mentally disabled".
I work with developmentally disabled adults. The company I work for routinely puts the women on birth control. A few years back, there was an extremely unfortunate case where a male worker was caught sexually assaulting a female client. She was completely defenseless, because she was wheelchair-bound and could barely speak. At least no one had to worry about her getting pregnant!
P.S. The monster is serving 20 years in prison. Since he was im his mid 60s, that's virtually a life sentence.
You should note that Eugenics in her day was considered cutting edge science and most people championed it, you'll find that figures like Helen Keller, Teddy Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, etc, all supported it too.
It wasn't really abandoned until the Nazis went nuts with it.
@@QueenoftheRandoms Actually she wasn't. Sanger was actually pretty progressive on race for her time. She worked with leaders in the African American community and worked to have accessible healthcare in minority areas that were usually otherwise ignored. Dr Martin Luther King Jr and his wife showered her with praise for her work:
Before reading Dr. King's speech, Mrs. Coretta Scott King declared, "I am proud tonight to say a word in behalf of your mentor, and the person who symbolizes the ideas of this organization, Margaret Sanger. Because of her dedication, her deep convictions, and for her suffering for what she believed in, I would like to say that I am proud to be a woman tonight."
Dr King: "There is a striking kinship between our movement and Margaret Sanger's early efforts. She, like we, saw the horrifying conditions of ghetto life. Like we, she knew that all of society is poisoned by cancerous slums. Like we, she was a direct actionist - a nonviolent resister. She was willing to accept scorn and abuse until the truth she saw was revealed to the millions. At the turn of the century she went into the slums and set up a birth control clinic, and for this deed she went to jail because she was violating an unjust law. Yet the years have justified her actions. She launched a movement which is obeying a higher law to preserve human life under humane conditions. Margaret Sanger had to commit what was then called a crime in order to enrich humanity, and today we honor her courage and vision; for without them there would have been no beginning. Our sure beginning in the struggle for equality by nonviolent direct action may not have been so resolute without the tradition established by Margaret Sanger and people like her."
Fact check: actually, queen anne's lace is simply the wild carrot plant and is not deadly at all. You are maybe confusing it with hemlock, which is very deadly and looks similar.
It also angers me to an extreme amount how (most) doctors will automatically refuse to do anything to younger women who don’t want children not ever plan on having any. I may be 17 years old but I know damn well I never want children of my own even though I love children, 1. Children are damn expensive and I can’t afford them, 2. They’re painful (especially when giving birth), 3. I just don’t want to give birth, I’d rather adopt and give children who don’t have a family/parents a chance at having that
Couitis Interuptus!!🤣🤣🤣 Would of love Sheldon from the big bang theory to say that in an episode.
Wow, we’ve come a long way. Many thanks to these women and doctors for leading the way in birth control.
Another awesome video, Lindsay! Well done. I know how much research goes into these, and I applaud you for finding the time to put it all together for us, because it's not easy. Keep 'em coming!"
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I hate that so much knowledge was lost because women’s rights were not recognised
Thank you Margaret Sanger for giving me control over my body. You tireless efforts have given me opportunities my ancestresses have never known.
@2manynegativewaves I'm referring to the female generations before me (ancestresses). Margaret Sanger didn't do much for the male generations (ancestors) in my familial history.
I love calling the females that came before me ancestresses.
Margaret Sanger was a eugenicist who started planned parenthood in order to prevent the blacks and unfit (such as disabled) from reproducing, she also spoke to the KKK and in promoting birth control she advanced a controversial “Negro Project”
Dumber than 2 coconuts I mean that may be true but she is dead now, and the organization still has a lot of benefits for women today. Most things today can be traced back to racist origins but that doesn’t mean they shouldn’t exist you know? The start of many police departments was to keep black people out of white neighborhoods but that doesn’t mean they have no purpose now. Thankfully they have new leadership now.
Funny how this came after the Maria Theresa video and the fact she had 16 children.
What's funny about that ?
@@Liitebulb I think she meant funny peculiar, not funny ha ha!
This is a very great video and historical channel. History is really facinating. I would love for you to explore more history all over the world more. I am a new subscriber.
Great job as usual, Lindsay!
I literally just stumbled upon your channel and I am not disappointed. This is so cool!!!
4:53 It happened once again. I'm so tired of people using Japanese pictures when talking about China. We aren't all the same u guys! (╯▔皿▔)╯That's an ukiyo-e painting, not Chinese at all!
God I was going to write the same, so infuriating. I thought this channel was more professional, especially considering the fact that it is supposed to be a historical one !
I noticed that and was going to comment on it
Very good job of documenting and sharing with Us this heavy subject, thank you for your work!
I once read an article about people sending letters asking for help to an "ask sally" kind of article in a magazine iirc?? It was from the 19th century. Men asking for advice, saying they really wanted to have seks, but the wife does not want to get pregnant. It was really sad actually.
This is such a great presentation thank you !! You’ve answered so many questions I’ve always had
6:38 - Lol, how delightful to hear that Pope's Church is still most savage among all. Ah, those Vatican barbarians!
I just found your channel. I absolutely love it! I had been listening to crime cases from history and it was making me suspicious of everyone 🤣 now I can listen to history and not be afraid! Lol I am listening while I crochet mostly. And as a mom to 11 kiddos I find this video particularly fascinating
Thank God for those who had the courage to push for women’s choice in planned pregnancy. Boo to the religious zealots who condemned them, killed them, vilified them and basically treated choice as a sin.
The choice is use birth control if you don’t want to get pregnant 🤰🏽. You have the choice before having sex. Stop waiting until after you conceive.
@@faitholsen769 that’s not always the case
Videos like this should be a reminder to how vital it is for women to have full control and rights over their own bodies. Women and those who have the female anatomy have the unalienable right to choose who they love, who they fuck and who they birth into the world. Period.
"... and those who have the female anatomy" so... women.
Great vlog as always! Be safe and god bless! Greetings from Norway!
I planned a research essay for a history throughout contraceptive methods and this video has helped give me some grounding.
You're an inspiration to all of us, including us men. We love all your videos!
Women have suffered so much in history at the hands of men ): it’s so depressing
And still there is population explosion in some countries and people get unwantedly pregnant and leave thier babies in dumpsters 🙄🥺I think education,medicine nothing can change the world..m
DRINKING WATER USED TO WASH A CORPSE?!?!?!?!? What a bad prank!!!!!!
I thought it was only me who noticed that
I'm on birth control not to prevent pregnancy (I'm a woman who's single and practicing sexual abstinence out of my own preferences, but I guess it does help in preventing pregnancy, especially as I have no desire to have children at almost 21 years old), but to control my periods. I've been on both the combination pill and the progestin-only pill, and although they've helped in reducing blood flow even at its heaviest, I still deal with irregular bleeding as a side effect. The flow varies at times. I've had days at a time where the flow was heavy, but thankfully not as heavy as the times that caused me to go into birth control in the first place, other times the flow was so light that I thought I wouldn't bleed for a few days at the very least. I went into birth control because of my periods when I was seventeen. At the time, my periods were heavier than usual. I was going through more pads than I thought I should when the flow was at its heaviest, and my iron levels dipped lower than normal for a woman my age. I ended up taking iron supplements to get more iron in my system, and I ended up eating more red meat than usual for some time to make sure my iron levels were normalized. Although the pill helps and I've been on the progestin-only pill for 11 months, irregular bleeding is causing me to consider implants or IUDs. If I choose to go for either, then hopefully they work.
Don't do IUDs. Worse thing ever. Killed my thyroid. Do what you're doing now
After watching this video, I find myself so grateful to be living in modern times, with all the birth control methods easily available to me. I don't ever want to go through what the women in the past have had to endure... ;w;
Interesting thing about the pomegranate as it was considered a sign of fertility in ancent Greece due to Kora, the wife of Hades, whose atribute was a pomegranate as she returns to the outside world in spring, bringing life to earth and leaves for the underworld in autumn
14:43 doesn't see german to me, as it is written in russian :D