This book had some amazing information but it was a slow read. I think thats on me; non-fiction really isn't my thing. The information was very useful for my essay and was very clearly written. Just bland, sorry. Pomegranates and acacia for contraceptives! Everyone always thinks contraceptives started when they were legalized in the 60's but that is grossly inaccurate. Riddle did a really good job of bringing it from ancient times to relatively current. I don't find it surprising this informatio

This book had some amazing information but it was a slow read. I think thats on me; non-fiction really isn't my thing. The information was very useful for my essay and was very clearly written. Just bland, sorry. Pomegranates and acacia for contraceptives! Everyone always thinks contraceptives started when they were legalized in the 60's but that is grossly inaccurate. Riddle did a really good job of bringing it from ancient times to relatively current. I don't find it surprising this information has been erased and suppressed, "there's no way women would be smart enough to figure it out, especially not back then" the patriarchy ruins everything. Without these advancements our species would be a wreck. Because of our upright walking humans have to have very narrow hips, but we also have very large heads, if we had wider hips we would be able to stay in gestation longer and come out of the womb more self sufficient. Look at other animals and how they can just get up and walk almost immediately after birth. This also makes birth much more dangerous for humans than other animals. Without birth control and abortions humans will just keep getting pregnant until they die from it.