Birth Control

When discussing birth control methods with the girls in their school, the teachers tell them that if they go on the pill that it will affect fertility; they will have a harder time conceiving later on. Naturally the girls believe the teachers because we have a natural bias of appealing to authority.

When hearing this from girls I know, I laughed, telling them it is an old wives tale and they are just using their normal scare tactics. They turned to me wonderingly, as if who I am to know the mechanism of a woman better than their teachers?

To which i replied: Google it!

Sure enough, all doctors agree that the information so far conclusively proves there is no effect, that by their knowledge of biology it ought not to affect fertility.Msnbc/Past Pill Use Doesn't Lower Fertility

The lesson I learned was that these old teachers do not yet realize that the facts they state can easily be checked up and verified, they have no clue that we live in an information age, which can take seconds to find out if it is true, that by stating old fictional tales they are ruining their credibility.

It is sad that we have such teachers educating our kids. I hope my wife is smarter than this; that we can have an open conversation about the wrongs and rights rather than me debunking all the tales she heard in seminary. I dream.

Why do they feel the need to scare the girls, do they think it will work? Has it ever worked?

I guess that is an historical question, going back to witches and spells.

Update: I was wrong in stating that they teach girls about BC and its effects. I take solace in knowing that they would.