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Debunked: Do oral contraceptives make you dig girly-men?

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There are many things that could drive a person toward unsafe relationships and toxic, hyper-masculine men, but birth control pills of all things do not make the list. In a book by a doctor in the sketchy field “evolutionary psychology” called Sara E Hill, she claims that women on birth control are attracted to men with more “feminized” traits, and goes on to illustrate these characteristics with words and phrases typically ascribed by jocks and homophobes looking for someone to pulverize— Oopsies! The nominal liberation of the 60s was a big mistake. Mother Nature says only feckless blowhards for you. Kick those soy beta cucks out of bed NOW! Every second he doesn’t spend choking you without consent is a second he’s wasting your best years. The problem: There’s no mechanism through which hormonal treatments can change anything fundamental to our personalities or our life choices. The real kicker— the evidence cited in the book does not even support Hill’s claims— a pattern seen among t