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Erections Get Insurance, So Why Not the Pill?

No matter what, it all goes back to sex.

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Erections Get Insurance, So Why Not the Pill?

Being a woman has always been more expensive than being a man, from bra and periods... to engaging in active sex lives? While both sexes enjoy the act of engaging in sex, and while it's both completely normal, men still get the upper hand.

Women have to pay for birth control, while Viagra, which helps give men erections, is covered by insurance.

Birth control is an important tool that helps a woman stay safe during sex, and now, if a woman wants to have sex and use birth control, it has to come out of her own paycheck.

Apparently Viagra is covered because it is a medical condition, while birth control is a lifestyle choice. While birth control's primary use is to protect women from getting pregnant, birth control also has many different medical uses, and many women, and even young girls, use birth control to reap its benefits. Birth control can help with dysmenorrhea (abnormally painful periods), it can help regulate periods, and it even decreases the risk of colorectal, ovarian and endometrial cancers.

It seems to be nonnegotiable when it comes to a man's desire to get an erection, but as soon as it comes to a woman, and the ways in which she wants to go about her sex life, or even just her health, there's a problem.

Regardless, if a man's desire to improve his sex life can be covered under insurance, then a woman's desire to enjoy her sex life without worry of getting pregnant should be covered by insurance too, whether she gains from the health benefits or not. After all, a girl's boyfriend won't be the one paying up to fifty dollars a month for birth control.

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